Cebula Julia

File 5658 Cebula, Julia One night during the summer of 1942, Ludwika Barut* brought a ten-year-old Jewish girl to her sister, Julia Cebula, who lived in the village of Weglowka in the Krosno county, in the Rzeszow district. The child was Golda (Gloria), the daughter of Josef Strenger of the nearby township of Nowy Zmigrod. Upon the liquidation of the local Jews, Josef had asked Ludwika’s husband, Jan Barut*, a teacher with whom he was friendly, to save Golda (Gloria). Josef fled and survived, while his wife and other daughters were caught by the Germans and murdered. When Jan learned what had transpired, he became afraid that Golda’s mother, who had been tortured before her death, might have told the Germans where the child was hiding. His wife, Ludwika, accordingly took Golda to her sister Julia and the latter looked after her like one of her own daughters, despite the risk involved. During a surprise raid on her home by the Germans, Julia insisted that Golda was her daughter, and for a year, without receiving any recompense, she sheltered the girl and supplied all her needs. On February 28, 1993, Yad Vashem recognized Julia Cebula as Righteous Among the Nations.