Żebrowska Helena

File 4929 Żebrowska, Helena In April 1942, when the Germans herded the Jews of Włodzimierz Wołyński into the local ghetto, Justyna (Dusia) Goldgraber (nee Hirszfeld) managed to establish contact with Helena Żebrowska who, despite having three young children, agreed to shelter Goldgraber and her husband Mosze. During Aktionen in the ghetto, Goldgraber and her husband slipped out of the ghetto and hid in Żebrowska’s apartment until the Aktionen were over. Although clerks working for the German authorities lived in the same building, Żebrowska hid Goldgraber and her husband in the wardrobe in the corridor of her apartment, and kept their presence hidden even from her children. Despite the danger, Żebrowska used to enter the ghetto between Aktionen to supply the Goldgrabers with food. In December 1942, when the Germans liquidated the last of the Jews of the Włodzimierz Wołyński ghetto, the Goldgrabers escaped to Żebrowska’s apartment. After staying there for a few days, Żebrowska arranged for them to move in with an acquaintance outside the city, where they stayed until July 1944, when the area was liberated. In 1957, the Goldgrabers immigrated to Israel while Żebrowska moved to Warsaw. On June 25, 1991, Yad Vashem recognized Helena Żebrowska as Righteous Among the Nations.