Steindl Paulina

Steindl, Paulina At the outbreak of war, Kalman Goldberg, who owned a pharmacy in the town of Sambor, in the Lwow district, was recruited to the Red Army, and never returned. In 1941, his wife, Helena, and her nine-year-old son, Mariano, were interned in the Sambor ghetto. In October 1942, with the Germans began liquidating the local Jewish population, Helena and Marian managed to escape. In early November, after wandering around the area for several days, they turned to Paulina Steindl, a former acquaintance of theirs, asking for help. Steindl, the widow of an Austrian soldier who had fought in World War I, was considered an ethnic German by the locals. Although her home was situated next door to the local headquarters of the German army, Steindl courageously hid Goldman and her son in her cellar, looked after them and watched out for their safety. In risking her life to save her friend, Steindl was guided by true Christian love and a loyalty that triumphed over adversity. Even after their liberation in the summer of 1944, Helena and Mariano continued living with Steindl, until her death in 1945, after which they immigrated to Israel. On July 25, 1999, Yad Vashem recognized Paulina Steindl as Righteous Among the Nations.