Gołąb Jan

Gółab, Jan Before the war, Isidor Green, a dentist by profession, served in the Polish Army in the same company as Jan Gółab, also a dentist. In June 1942, Green escaped from the Krakow ghetto and, with “Aryan” documents in his possession, turned to Gółab’s sister in Krakow. She took him to Jan, who lived in the nearby town of Gdów. Jan gave Green a warm welcome, and without any prior conditions, offered to shelter him in his apartment. At Gółab’s initiative and under his guidance, Green was legally registered in all the village institutions, and joined Gółab’s dental practice, which served the inhabitants of Gdów and the nearby village of Niegowić. The Gółabs looked after Green devotedly for a year and four months. In September 1943, Green moved to Hungary under an assumed identity, and stayed there until the Red Army entered Budapest in February 1945. After the war, Green immigrated to the United States and in 1984, accompanied by his wife and children, visited Jan’s widow and children in Poland. On July 4, 1991, Yad Vashem recognized Jan Gółab as Righteous Among the Nations.