Dun Jurko

Dun, Yurko Yurko Dun lived in the town of Stryj, Stanisławów District (today Stryy, L’viv District) and during the occupation he often went to visit his Jewish friends who were concentrated in one of the streets. At the request of Leon and Andzia Fiksel, Dun helped them prepare a hiding place in their home and he warned them in advance of any Aktionen or when Jews were being rounded up and sent to labor camps. Whenever the Fiksels and other Jews who lived in the house went into their shelter, Dun concealed the entrance to it and placed a heavy piece of furniture on it. After the Aktion, Dun went to the Jewish street and released his friends. One day in 1942, the Fiksels’ 14-year-old niece, Lea Grossman (later Shternberg) appeared at their home. She had previously been in the Lwów ghetto, where she lost her parents. She stayed with the Fiksels for a short time, then acquired identity papers under an assumed name and was conscripted for labor in Germany. Dun escorted her to the train station and ensured that she left safely as a Pole. Dun acted as an intermediary between her and her family, until in 1943 when Dun sent Grossman a letter to tell her that her aunt and uncle were no longer alive. After the liberation, Grossman returned to Stryj but she did not find Dun there. She later immigrated to Israel. On January 27, 1993, Yad Vashem recognized Yurko Dun as Righteous Among the Nations.