Fiebig Emma (Jasiczek)

Fiebig-Jasiczek, Emma Emma Fiebig, as a nurse in “Zofiowka,” a Jewish psychiatric hospital in Otwock, near Warsaw, was Dr. Stanisław Sierpiński’s colleague. After the outbreak of war, Dr. Sierpiński fled east to Lwow. In 1941, when the city was occupied by the Germans, he returned to Warsaw where he was interned in the ghetto. In August 1942, during the large-scale deportation from the ghetto, Fiebig contacted Sierpiński and offered to smuggle him out of the ghetto. Sierpiński took up her offer, and on the very same day, went over to the Aryan side of the city, together with a woman called Genia Wagman. Sierpiński stayed with Fiebig for about a month, until she provided him with forged documents, after which he joined a partisan unit as Gwardia Ludowa’s (People’s Guard) chief physician. Although Fiebig was an ethnic German (Volksdeutsche), she refused to sign the list of ethnic Germans (Deutsche Volksliste). In late 1942, she was imprisoned, accused of helping Jews, and deported to Auschwitz. In saving Sierpiński, Fiebig was guided by an unwavering friendship that triumphed over adversity. In 1968, Dr. Sierpiński immigrated to Israel where, for many years, he kept up contact with Fiebig. On September 25, 1986, Yad Vashem recognized Emma Jasiczek (née Fiebig) as Righteous Among the Nations.