Dworczyk Karolina ; Father: Makar Jan ; Mother: Makar Katarzyna

File 3661 Makar, Jan Makar, Katarzyna Dworczyk-Makar, Karolina Because of their religious faith, Jan and Katarzyna Makar instructed their 19-year-old daughter Karolina to save Jews, who were imprisoned at the time in the Lwów ghetto. In early 1942, when the plan to deport the Jews of the city became known, Karolina offered Anna Skok, an acquaintance, shelter in the home of her parents who lived in the town of Bóbrka, near Lwów. Skok was received warmly in the Makar home, where she was treated with kind devotion. However, because of the neighbors’ curiosity and their suspicions that she was Jewish, Skok was forced to leave the Makars’ home after only three months. Karolina Makar, who never considered abandoning her Jewish friend, moved together with her to the city of Brzeżany in the Tarnopol district, where they both worked until February 1943, when they were ordered by the Germans to go to Germany as forced laborers. Makar succeeded in evading the trip, but Skok went to Germany under an assumed identity, and her life was saved. After the war, Skok immigrated to Israel, and in 1987, hosted Karolina Makar in her home. For many years, she continued to remain in touch with the Makar family, who moved to central Poland. On April 24, 1987, Yad Vashem recognized Katarzyna Makar, her husband Jan Makar and their daughter Karolina Dworczyk (née: Makar) as Righteous Among the Nations.