Broszko Aniela

Broszko, Aniela In September 1942, Zygmunt Warszawski escaped the liquidation of the Stanislawow ghetto together with his nine-year-old daughter, Rachel, and his sister, Julia. They were assisted in their flight by a local mother of two, Aniela Broszko, who supplied them with her own identity card and those of her husband and daughter. Immediately afterward, Aniela found refuge for the fugitives in the house of relatives who lived in a nearby village, but they were forced to leave shortly thereafter when their true identity became known. Aniela then found an alternative hideout and a job for Zygmunt in the village of Ciężkowice, near Kraków, while Rachel was placed in a local convent. After a while, Zygmunt was exposed as a Jew. He was arrested and sent to a concentration camp, but, nevertheless, survived the war. Rachel was expelled from the convent after her Jewish origins were discovered, but Aniela once again came to her aid, took her in, and hid her until the liberation. Julia Warszawska, today Sulczyk, also hid in Aniela’s apartment, but was subsequently forced to leave due to the neighbors’ suspicions. After Aniela had obtained “Aryan” papers for her, Julia traveled to Kraków, where she found work and remained until the liberation. Aniela received no recompense for her activities, from which she was not deterred even by her husband’s death at the hands of the Germans. After the war, Zygmunt, Rachel and Julia emigrated from the country. They continued to correspond with Aniela, and sent her care packages. On October 26, 1981, Yad Vashem recognized Aniela Broszko as Righteous Among the Nations.