Chmiel Aniela ; Daughter: Gaworska Janina (Chmiel)

Chmiel, Aniela Gaworska-Chmiel, Janina The Wainstocks, who lived in Frampol, in the Lublin district, were business associates and friends of Aniela Chmiel, a widowed peasant who lived in the nearby village of Czarnystok together with her daughter, Janina. In 1942, when the Jews of Frampol were interned in the ghetto, the Wainstocks’ daughter, Tema, ran away from home at dead of night, and made her way to the Chmiels’ house. Aniela and Janina, out of loyalty to their friend, which overrode considerations of their own personal safety, welcomed Tema into their home. Although the Chmiels passed the Aryan-looking Wainstocks off as a relative, it was soon rumored that they were hiding a Jewish girl. About six months’ later, when the suspicions intensified and turned into threats, Tema was forced to move to another location in a remote village, where she stayed until the area was liberated. After the war, Tema immigrated to Israel. On December 16, 1969, Yad Vashem recognized Aniela Chmiel and her daughter, Janina Gaworska-Chmiel, as a Righteous Among the Nations.