Druszkiewicz Feliks

Druszkiewicz, Feliks Feliks Druszkiewicz knew Josef Korec from the time they had worked together in the same firm in Warsaw. When Germany occupied Poland in 1939, Korec, his wife, Rozalia, and their daughters, Olga and Irena, fled to the Soviet-annexed territories of Poland. One day Korec met his friend, Druszkiewicz, who had fought in the defeated Polish army, hiding from the Soviet authorities. Korec and his family offered Druszkiewicz assistance, and helped him return to Warsaw. In 1941, when the Germans occupied Eastern Poland, the Koreces were sent to a labor camp in Borysław, Eastern Galicia. When the camp was liquidated, they found a hiding place in a rented apartment in the city, but they could not come up with the money to pay for it. After sending a message to Druskiewicz in Warsaw describing their plight, Druskiewicz obtained forged documents for them and sent them money. Druskiewicz kept in touch with the family, sending them money and words of encouragement, until the area was liberated in 1944. Druskiewicz also helped Rozalia Korec’s brother, Henryk Miller, who was hiding on the Aryan side of Warsaw, and gave him money and forged documents, which enabled him to find a hiding place near the city of Radom. Druskiewicz also payed to have Maria Gans and daughter smuggled out of the Warsaw ghetto, and arranged hiding places for the child. Druskiewicz’s heroic behavior was inspired by a sense of moral obligation, and a fierce loyalty that triumphed over adversity. The survivors later testified that Druskiewicz was a person of exceptional humanity, who had risked his life to save others. On July 16, 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Feliks Druskiewicz as Righteous Among the Nations. File 3140