Paluch Helena ; Son: Mieczysław ; Grandson: Sroka Henryk

Paluch, Helena Paluch, Mieczysław Sroka, Henryk Even before the war, Helena Paluch was closely involved with the Jews of Buczacz, in the Tarnopol district, in East Galicia, and Jews lived in her home. She raised her orphaned grandson Henryk Sroka and he had many Jewish friends among his classmates in the local high school. In March 1943, after the Germans liquidated the Buczacz ghetto, Paluch gave shelter to the Tanne, Biller and Anderman families in a camouflaged bunker she built with her son Mieczysław and grandson Henryk for them. After the city was liberated by the Red Army, Klara Biller, Jakub Anderman and Jadwiga Tanne remained alive, and after the war Tanne married Sroka, whom she knew from before the war when they were classmates, and they moved to Warsaw. Biler and Anderman immigrated to Israel. On March 4, 1987, Yad Vashem recognized Helena Paluch, her son Mieczysław and grandson Henryk Sroka as Righteous Among the Nations.