I DON'T WANT TO EXPOSE MYSELF TO PEOPLE'S LAUGHTER FOR HIDING JEWS IN MY PLACE... THE CASE OF ZDZISLAW AND HALINA KRZYCZKOWSKI (Nie chce ludziom na smiech sie pokazac, ze Zydów u siebie chowalam...Sprawa Zdzislawa i Haliny Krzyczkowskich)

• Authors: Leociak Jacek
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

On 25 May 1988 the Commission for the Designation of the Righteous of the Yad Vashem Institute decided to award Zdzislaw and Halina Krzyczkowski the medal Righteous Among the Nations on the application of Marian Berland, who was hiding, together with four people, at the Krzyczkowskis' place during the occupation. In his letter he wrote that 'never throughout the entire period did they give us reasons to fear that they would denounce us or throw us out on the street. We survived that horrible time only thanks to them and their help'. However, Berland's notes written in hiding reveal a totally different picture; the Krzyczkowskis are a couple of lumpenproletarians from Sienna Street, who constantly cheat and blackmail the Jews they are hiding.

Keywords

EN

HOLOCAUST; JEWS-POLES 1939-1945; RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Zaglada Zydów. Studia i Materialy (Holocaust. Studies and Materials)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 324-366
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Leociak Jacek

• Jacek Leociak, Instytut Badan Literackich PAN, ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA059810