Gołębiowski Marian

Gołębiowski, Marian In April 1942, Dr. Bernard-Ryszard Hellreich (later Ingram) escaped from the forced labor camp of Hluboczek in the Tarnopol district, in a dramatic operation orchestrated by Irena Szumska, a Polish acquaintance. After his escape, he married Szumska, and the two made their way to Nowy Sacz, in the Krakow district, where they met Marian Gołębiowski, an acquaintance of theirs, who lived there. Gołębiowski, who held a master’s degree, was happy to help them. He obtained “Aryan” documents for Hellreich, and found accommodation for him and his wife, which had to be switched in times of danger. Guided by purely humanitarian considerations, Gołębiowski saw to all their needs until the area was liberated in January 1945 by the Red Army. Gołębiowski also looked after Teresa Huppert and her son, Uri, who, in 1942, were living under assumed identities in the summer resort village of Rytro, near Nowy Sacz. Although Gołębiowski, who worked in a local factory, knew that Huppert and her son were Jewish, he nevertheless helped them, without expecting anything in return, and saw to all their needs until the liberation. After the war, the Hellreichs and Hupperts left Poland and kept up a regular correspondence with Gołębiowski, whom they visited, and who came to visit them. On October 4, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Marian Gołębiowski as Righteous Among the Nations.