Mikulski Jan & Mikulska Melania ; Son: Jerzy ; Daughter: Renk Danuta (Mikulska); Daughter: Sałata Jadwiga (Mikulska)

Mikulski, Jan Mikulska, Melania Sałata-Mikulska, Jadwiga Renk-Mikulska, Danuta Mikulski, Jerzy Jan and Melania Mikulski lived on the outskirts of Bilgoraj, in the Lublin district, with their children Jadwiga, Danuta and Jerzy. Mikulski, a local forester, had enjoyed good relations with the Jews of the town before the war. During one of the Aktionen carried out by the Germans, Rivka Wajnberg and Lila Stern, two young women from the town, fled to the home of Jan and Melania Mikulski, who willingly took them in, treating them with the same devotion they gave their own children. While working in the forest, Mikulski came across brothers Bencjon and Chaim Rozenbaum, past acquaintances, and Pola Kenig. Mikulski helped them find a place to hide in the forest, and from time to time brought them home to sleep. With the arrival of winter, after it became too cold to survive in the forest, Mikulski moved the Jewish fugitives into his home and all five found refuge in a special hiding place the Mikulskis prepared for them in one of the farm buildings. The Mikulski family treated the Jewish fugitives with warmth and kindness, taking care of all their needs, doing whatever they could to make their stay in the hiding place as pleasant as possible. Fearing that the hiding place would be discovered, the Mikulskis lived in constant terror, which reached a climax when a group of German soldiers established themselves in their home for eight days. During this period, the Mikulskis greatly feared that the Jews would be discovered, and consequently gave them poison pills, but fortunately, the Germans left without discovering the fugitives. The two young Jewish women and Bencjon and Chaim Rozenbaum remained in hiding in the Mikulski home for about a year, after which they joined the partisans. Chaim Rozenbaum was killed in the ranks of the Polish Army, his brother immigrated to Israel together with Pola Kenig, and the two young women immigrated to the United States. Everythingthe Mikulski family did to save Jews was motivated by pure altruism, for which they never asked for or received anything in return. On March 15, 1966, Yad Vashem recognized Jan Mikulski as Righteous Among the Nations. On June 28, 1966, Yad Vashem recognized Melania Mikulska as Righteous Among the Nations. On November 6, 1986, Yad Vashem recognized their daughter Jadwiga Sałata (née Mikulska) as Righteous Among the Nations. On June 20, 1990, Yad Vashem recognized their children, Jerzy Mikulski and Danuta Renk (née Mikulska) as Righteous Among the Nations.