Nemetz Ivan

Nemets, Ivan Ivan Nemets was a resident of the village of Kłodzienko, district of Lwów (today Kolodentsi, L’viv District). He worked and lived on the grounds of the local flourmill, which until 1939 was owned by his relatives. One day early in the German occupation, a truck was traveling on the Lwów – Łuck (Luts’k) road heading from Lwów to the northern districts of western Ukraine. A German patrol car stopped the truck by the village of Kłodzienko and the Jews were ordered out. Among the travelers were Chaya Prass and her grandmother Gudya, and amidst the commotion, Prass fled and hid in a warehouse adjacent to the flourmill. The other Jews were all transported back to Lwów. Nemets, who witnessed the entire scene, took Prass out of her hiding place and afforded her shelter in the flourmill, where only Nemets and two other workers ever entered. The workers kept the secret of her presence to themselves. Prass stayed there until the liberation of the area, in summer 1944, and throughout this time, Nemets took care of all her needs. After the liberation, Prass settled in Lithuania, where she located some relatives. Prass often visited Nemets and always regarded him with the utmost respect. On October 10, 1996, Yad Vashem recognized Ivan Nemets as Righteous Among the Nations.