Misiewicz Jan

Misiewicz, Jan Immediately after the Germans overran the city of Mikulince, in the Tarnopol district, Jan Misiewicz decided to do whatever he could to help the Jews of the town. He built a hiding place for acquaintance Miriam Ginsberg, her parents, and later another Jewish family in his parents’ home. From autumn 1941 until April 1944, he took care of the fugitives hiding in his parents’ home, and despite the danger to his own life and the lives of his parents, he did not cease his rescue efforts. Without asking for payment in any form, he cared for all the needs of the Jews he had taken under his wing. Misiewicz also helped Jews from Mikulince that were hiding in the surrounding forests, as well as Jews he knew from the nearby town of Trembowla. After news of his help began to circulate, Jews began showing up at his doorstep at night, and he would allow them to come in, wash, eat and rest. One day, the Gestapo arrested Misiewicz; despite his interrogation under torture, he did not reveal the location of the hiding places or of the Jews. After he was released, he continued his efforts to save Jews. Among the Jews that owe Misiewicz their lives are Klara Bick, her sister Roza Heller, Izio and Dziunia Teichman, their son Rysiek and Gustaw and Jetta Engel and Nusia Schweitzer. After the war, some of the survivors immigrated to Israel, and their benefactor Misiewicz visited them in their homes. On April 29, 1976, Yad Vashem recognized Jan Misiewicz as Righteous Among the Nations.