Krahelska Wanda (Filipowicz)

Korniecka, Józefa Filipowicz-Krahelska, Zofia Zofia Filipowicz was one of the founders of Żegota (the Council for Aid to Jews). As part of her work for Żegota, Filipowicz found hiding places and arranged financial aid for Jews who escaped from the Warsaw ghetto. In time, she became a household name for refugees who needed help or “Aryan” documents. Filipowicz was extremely courageous in carrying out her assignments, which she saw as an integral part of the war against a common enemy. In September 1942, after the large-scale Aktion in the ghetto, Filipowicz arranged a hiding place for Dorota Bogucka who had escaped to the Aryan side of the city, and provided her with a forged identity card (Kennkarte) and regular means of subsistence. Under her assumed identity, Bogucka stayed with Józefa Korniecka, an underground activist who lived with her family in Anin, near Warsaw. Korniecka never told Bogucka that she knew she was Jewish, did her best to make her feel safe, and saw to all her needs. Bogucka stayed with Korniecka until the area was liberated in September 1944. In risking her life for Bogucka, Korniecka was guided by humanitarian motives and a sense of duty as a member of the fighting underground. On May 23, 1967, Yad Vashem recognized Józefa Korniecka and Zofia Filipowicz- Krahelska as Righteous Among the Nations.