Wróblewski Edward & Wróblewska Stefania

WRÓBLEWSKI, EDWARD WRÓBLEWSKA, STEFANIA Stefania Wróblewska went to school in Drohobycz before the war. She was a schoolmate and friend of Ida Raifeld-Halperin. During the war, the Germans occupied the town and Ida and her family were ghettoized. When the Aktionen began in the ghetto, Ida’s entire family, except for her husband and young daughter, were sent to Belzec. Ida took cover with her daughter in the mill where she was employed. When they could no longer hide there, Ida found her way to Stefania Wróblewska, who was living with her husband and daughter. She left her child with the Wróblewskis. Ida ended up in the Beskiden Erdogesellschaft forced labor camp in Drohobycz. A few days before the final liquidation of the ghetto, during the holiday of Shavuot in 1942, Ida fled the camp and arrived at the Wróblewskis’ home. She stayed with them for a few months along with her daughter and her husband Tzvi Raifeld. “The Wróblewski family saved our lives without taking any payment for it,” wrote Ida. She added that Edward, even though he was known as an antisemite before the war, “was willing to help any Jews during the war.” Stefania, on the other hand, was guided mainly by religious reasons. On March 16, 1992, Yad Vashem recognized Edward Wróblewski and his wife, Stefania Wróblewska, as Righteous Among the Nations.