Kozlowski Antoni & Kozlowska Katarzyna (Wiszniewska); Daughter: Stolarczyk Jadwiga (Kozlowska)

Kozlowski, Antoni Kozlowska, Katarzyna Stolarczyk-Kozlowska, Jadwiga In November 1942, when the Germans unleashed a large-scale Aktion against the Jews of Drohobycz, in the Lwow district, Dr. Miszel, a well-known Jewish physician, escaped with his wife and 16-year-old daughter, Irena, to the Aryan side of the city. Dr. Miszel and his wife found a hiding place for themselves, and arranged for Irena to stay with Antoni and Katarzyna Kozlowski, who lived with their daughter, Jadwiga, in the nearby village of Rychcice. The Kozlowskis, who felt indebted to Dr. Miszel for having cured Katarzyna of pneumonia in the past, hid Irena in a room in their house, where they looked after her devotedly and saw to all her needs. In risking their lives for the Jewish refugee, the Kozlowskis and Jadwiga (later Stolarczyk) were guided by humanitarian considerations only, and never expected anything in return. Irena stayed with them until August 1944, when the area was liberated by the Red Army. After the war, she immigrated with her parents to the United States where she kept up a correspondence with the Kozlowskis, who had moved to Krakow. On September 12, 1993, Yad Vashem recognized Katarzyna and Antoni Kozlowski, and their daughter, Jadwiga Stolarczyk-Kozlowska, as Righteous Among the Nations. File 5815