Fiałkowska Stefania (Szewczyk); Aunt: Zawadija Hanna

Fiałkowska Stefania Zawadija Hanna In 1941, immediately after the Germans occupied the town Buczacz, in the Tarnopol district, the parents of 11-year-old Eliezer Fuchs were murdered. Hanna Zawadija, his former nanny, smuggled him out of the ghetto, and arranged for him to stay with her sister, who lived together with her husband and 16-year-old daughter, Stefania Fiałkowska, in the nearby town of Chorostków. Fuchs, who was introduced to the neighbors as an illegitimate relative, was looked after devotedly by Fiałkowska. In the spring of 1943, when the village policemen suspected Fuchs’ identity, a temporary hiding place was arranged for him in the area, while Fiałkowska continued to provide him with food and see to his needs. In late 1943, Fiałkowska arranged for Fuchs to stay with her brother in the town of Czortków, where he remained until July 1944, when the Red Army liberated the area. After the war, Fuchs immigrated to Israel while his rescuers moved to an area within the new borders of Poland. On January 27, 1997,Yad Vashem recognized Stefania Fiałkowska as Righteous Among the Nations. On July 16, 2001, Yad Vashem recognized Hanna Zawadija as Righteous Among the Nations. File 7379