Wolska Olga (Snyatinskaya); Husband: Wolski Tomasz

Wolski, Tomasz Wolska, Olga Olga and Tomasz Wolski, residents of Drohobycz, in the Lwow district, were neighbors of the Rosen family. In the autumn of 1941, when the Germans occupied the city, and the Ukrainians launched a pogrom against the Jews, the Wolskis invited Mendel, his wife, Fania, and their daughters, Lili and Rosa, to stay in their apartment until the danger had passed. The Wolskis looked after the Jewish refugees devotedly, while Taras Snyatinskiy, Wolska’s brother (see Ukraine volume), watched out for their safety, and warned them of imminent danger. Even after the four members of the Rosen family were sent to a labor camp, Snyatinskiy continued to help them in various ways. After Mr. Rosen was murdered by the Germans, his wife and daughters managed to escape from the camp, and found shelter with a Ukrainian family, where they stayed until August 1944, when the area was liberated by the Red Army. Even after the liberation, Snyatinskiy continued looking after the Rosens. When local Jews were afraid to leave their hiding places due to reprisals by gangs of local nationalists, Snyatinskiy arranged for Mrs. Rosen and her daughters to stay with the Wolskis, until they were able to reach the centers for Jewish survivors that were being set up in the liberated areas. After the war, the survivors immigrated to Israel, the Wolskis moved to central Poland, while Snyatinskiy remained in the Ukraine. On January 27, 1993, Yad Vashem recognized Olga and Tomasz Wolski as Righteous Among the Nations.