Dubis Władysław & Waleria

File 4319 Dubis, Władysław Dubis, Waleria Before the occupation, Wanda Zobel’s father, from the town of Borysław, in the Lwów district, had been a work colleague of Władysław Dubis. In March 1943, when the liquidation of the Jews of Borysław intensified, the Jews increased their efforts to find hiding places, inter alia in the adjacent forests. While waiting to find a hiding place in the forest, Zobel begged his former colleague, Władysław Dubis, to look after his nine-year-old daughter, Wanda, temporarily. Despite being surrounded by hostile Ukrainian neighbors, Dubis and his wife, Waleria, agreed to take in little Wanda. They looked after her devotedly and, despite the danger, allowed her father to visit her occasionally in their home. In risking their lives to save Wanda, Dubis and his wife were guided by humanitarian motives and a loyalty that overrode considerations of personal safety or economic hardship. Wanda stayed with Władysław and Waleria Dubis for about five weeks, until her father was able to transfer her to the forest, where they survived until the area was liberated by the Red Army in August 1944. After the war, father and daughter immigrated to Israel and for many years kept up ties with their benefactors, who moved to an area within the new borders of Poland. On July 11, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Waleria and Władysław Dubis as Righteous Among the Nations.