Chruszcz Marta ; Husband: Ignac

Chruszcz, Ignacy Chruszcz, Marta In June 1943, during the liquidation of the Skalat ghetto in the Tarnopol district, Hinda Schönhaut and Rudolf and Nina Żarkower escaped the massacre and made their way to the home of Ignacy and Marta Chruszcz, poor peasants who lived in the nearby village of Kamyonka. Despite being fully aware of the risk involved, Chruszcz built a special hiding place for them in the attic, where the Żarkowers and Schoenhaut hid for nine months, until the liberation of the area in 1944 by the Red Army. Throughout their stay, Ignacy and Marta Chruszcz, motivated solely by Christian love, sheltered them, fed them, and saw to all their needs, without expecting anything in return. After the war, Schönhaut and the Żarkowers immigrated to Israel, where they kept up a correspondence with their benefactors. On October 10, 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Marta Chruszcz and Ignacy Chruszcz as Righteous Among the Nations.