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Urbański Ludwik & Urbańska Zofia ; Daughter: Ebro Zofia (Urbańska)

Righteous
Urbański, Ludwik Urbańska, Zofia Ebro-Prokesh, (Urbańska), Zofia After the Germans occupied Stryj (Stanislawów district, Eastern Galicia), Renata Koerner was barred from her profession as a schoolteacher. In this state of affairs, Koerner began to tutor her pupils in their homes, including thirteen-year-old Zofia, daughter of Ludwik and Zofia Urbański, who lived on a farm in a nearby village of Wownia. Although they knew Koerner was Jewish, the Urbańskis continued to employ her in their home and provided her with “Aryan” papers. From November 1942 to June 1944, Koerner stayed on the Urbańskis’ farm under an assumed identity, and only after the Gestapo suspected her did she move to Tarnów and take on domestic labor as a Polish woman. The Urbańskis, who had not known Koerner before the occupation, provided her with assistance when she needed it most badly. Their motives in so doing were solely humanitarian; they even paid her for tutoring her daughter. After the war, Koerner immigrated to the United States and, eventually, brought over her pupil, Zofia, as well. On December 27, 1983, Yad Vashem recognized Ludwik Urbański, his wife Zofia, and their daughter Zofia Ebro-Prokesh, née Urbańska, as Righteous Among the Nations.
details.fullDetails.last_name
Ebro
Prokesh
details.fullDetails.first_name
Zofia
details.fullDetails.maiden_name
Urbańska
details.fullDetails.fate
survived
details.fullDetails.nationality
POLAND
details.fullDetails.religion
CATHOLIC
details.fullDetails.gender
Female
details.fullDetails.book_id
4014724
details.fullDetails.recognition_date
27/12/1983
details.fullDetails.commemorate
Wall of Honor
details.fullDetails.ceremony_in_yv
No
details.fullDetails.file_number
M.31.2/2654