Dulnikiewicz Rozalia

WRÓBEL STANISŁAW WRÓBEL KAROLINA WRÓBEL STANISŁAW SALAJ-DULNIKIEWICZ, ROZALIA Stanisław and Karolina Wróbel lived with their son Stanisław in the village of Wola Załężna, near Opoczno, in the Kielce district. There, they ran a two-hectare farm along with Rozalia Salaj, who lived with them. On November 22, 1942, after the liquidation of the Opoczno ghetto, a Jewish family - Jakób Frenkiel, his wife Sara, their son Hershel (born 1936), and Bella Rosenberg, Sara’s sister - arrived at the farm. Sara’s father knew Stanisław Sr. from before the war and so they went there to seek refuge. The Wróbels accepted the family into their home and they all assumed that a shelter would only be needed for a short period of time. Initially, they were hidden in the Wróbels’ attic, however, Stanisław Jr. reached the conclusion that it was not a safe place to hide. He therefore decided to dig a hideout under the floor, where Frenkiel and his family hid for a month. Because many strangers came by the house, Stanisław Jr. worried that they might hear sounds emanating from inside the hideout. Therefore, he dug another hideout in the cowshed. There they hid for two more weeks before Stanisław prepared another hideout for them, near the farm buildings. He dug a shallow pit into which water from the nearby stream penetrated. Stanisław Jr. helped remove the water along with the family’s waste from the hideaway and he often took them food, with the assistance of their maid Rozalia. The Wróbels never asked for payment. “When we were hiding, we gave them everything we had to help pay for our maintenance,” wrote Hershel in his testimony. Stanisław Jr. wrote in his testimony: “As I already mentioned, my parents were not in a condition to help much, because of their age. Since the farm was small... I was forced to work on other farms... Despite the great fear and poverty, we understood the even worse fate for the Jewish family [had we not helped them]. We also understood that myfate and that of my parents is forever tied with that of the Jewish family.” On January 18, 1945, they were all liberated. Frenkiel and his family left the Wróbels and in 1948 immigrated to the United States. On May 16, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Stanisław Wróbel, his wife, Karolina Wróbel, and their son, Stanisław Wróbel, as Righteous Among the Nations. On September 11, 1994, Yad Vashem recognized Rozalia Salaj-Dulnikiewicz as Righteous Among the Nations. Files 4227, 4227a