Śwital Władysława & Stanisław

Światal, Stanisław Światal, Władysława Władysława and Stanisław Śwital lived during the war in the village of Jaźwiny, near Łuck (Wołyń). One day, Stanisław met Abram Kuczer, whom he had known from Puławy before the war. They soon found common ground because Stanisław was active in the Polish underground while Abram was trying to organize armed resistance in the ghetto. When Abram decided to leave the ghetto and join the partisans, he turned to Stanisław with a request that he take care of his then four-year-old daughter, Sylvia. The year was 1942 and Stanisław joined the partisans and the girl stayed under his wife’s care. After Ukrainian nationalists burned down the Świtals’ home, Władysława had to flee with Sylvia. After some time, Stanisław located them, knowing by then that Sylvia’s parents - Abram and Miriam Kuczer - were already dead. After the war, the Świtals returned to Poland and settled in Częstochowa. Sylvia remained under their care until 1946, when her aunt, Regina Waksman (nee Kuczer), found her. Sylvia kept in close contact with the Świtals until she immigrated to Israel in 1957. After her move to Israel, Sylvia lost contact because, following Stanisław’s death, his wife changed her address. With the help of the Polish Address Bureau, Sylvia managed to find Władysława, again, some years later. On August 2, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Stanisław Swital and his wife, Władysława Śwital, as Righteous Among the Nations File 4325