Furmanek Stanisław

Furmanek, Stanisław Stanisław Furmanek, a farmer, lived with his wife and five children in the village of Daleszyce, in the Kielce district. In addition to his farm, Furmanek owned a sausage shop, which was situated opposite Baila Szlama’s bakery. In 1941, the Germans destroyed Szlama’s flour stocks and took away all her furniture and household items. Driven to desperation, Szlama turned to her neighbor, Furmanek, who did his best to provide her and her four sons and daughter with food and clothes. Thanks to Furmanek’s help, the Szlamas were able to stay in their home until 1942, when the local Jews were ordered to leave the village and report for deportation. Once again, Furmanek came to the rescue by transferring the entire Szlama family to an acquaintance of his, in the village of Rakow, whose name he kept hidden even from his own family. After the village mayor reported Furmanek to the authorities, he was arrested and imprisoned for helping Jews, and tortured to death. Although there are no records of what happened to the Szlamas, they, too, presumably perished. On March 23, 1994, Yad Vashem recognized Stanisław Furmanek as Righteous Among the Nations. File 5779