Gorczyk Stanisław

Gorczyk, Stanisław During the occupation, Stanisław Gorczyk, a resident of Skole in the Carpathian foothills (Podkarpacie), was a smuggler, trading clothes and textiles from Zamość for food in Lublin. His partner, a Pole called Dubel, one day suggested that Gorczyk take Hersh Ben (Michał Dobesz), a Czech Jew, and his wife, over to Hungary. Ben and his wife had been deported to Poland under the so-called “Nisko Plan” and at the time were living in Zamość under an assumed identity. Gorczyk agreed, and in August 1942, he left with the Bens, who were in possession of “Aryan” documents. The three traveled by train to Skole via Lwów and Stryj, and after waiting for two weeks in Gorczyk’s house, continued on foot to the Hungarian border, some 60 kilometers away. After safely crossing the border, Hersh Ben asked Gorczyk to bring over some Jewish friends of his from Zamość. Gorczyk repeated the journey three times in all, bringing Stanisław Lanys and his wife, Josef Kalman and his wife and his 16-year-old sister across to Hungary. From Hungary, the refugees reached Bratislava, where they were liberated. On January 27, 1986, Yad Vashem recognized Stanisław Gorczyk as Righteous Among the Nations. File 3331