Dydynski Zdzisław

Dydynski, Zdzislaw In May 1942, Sabina Friedman escaped from the Skarzysko-Kamienna ghetto and, after many vicissitudes, reached Warsaw, where her brother lived under an assumed name. Since her brother was not in a position to offer her shelter, Zdzislaw Dydynski, a Polish friend of her brother's, offered her a room in his apartment. After he obtained Aryan papers for her, Sabina returned to Skarzysko-Kamienna in October 1942, with the intention of smuggling her parents out of the ghetto. Upon her return, however, a Polish woman recognized her and betrayed her to the Germans. Frydman was arrested, interrogated, and sent to Auschwitz and later to Bergen-Belsen. After British army liberated Bergen-Belsen in April 1945, Frydman immigrated to the United States. Another woman who owed her life to Dydynski was Roza Milgrom. In January 1943, after fleeing with her baby daughter from the Konskie ghetto in the Kielce district, Milgrom, on the advice of a Polish member of the underground, turned up on Dydynski's doorstep. Dydynski made them welcome, sheltered them, and saw to all their needs without expecting anything in return. One day, however, the police, alerted by suspicious neighbors, raided Dydynski's apartment and arrested Milgrom. With the help German acquaintance, Dydynski obtained her release and arranged for her and her daughter to move to another apartment of his in the Praga suburb of Warsaw. Dydynski continued supporting Milgrom and her daughter until the area was liberated in September 1944. After the war, Dydynski married Milgrom and adopted her daughter and the three emigrated to Canada. On December 25, 1980, Yad Vashem recognized Zdzislaw Dydynski, as a Righteous Among the Nations.