Stechbart Maria ; Son: Tadeusz

Szulc, Emil Szulc, Amalia Szulc, Eugeniusz Kutte-Szulc, Alicja Stechbart, Maria Stechbart, Tadeusz Shortly after the Wehrmacht entered Bydgoszcz, four members of the Kawecki famuly moved to Warsaw and contacted their long-time acquaintances, Amalia and Emil Szulc, who shared an apartment with their daughter Alicja and their son Eugeniusz. Despite the danger, the four Szulces came to the aid of their Jewish acquaintances before the latter were interned in the local ghetto. The Szulces were ethnic Germans and Polish patriots who refused to sign the Volksliste, and Emil Szulc was active in the Polish resistance. Even after the Kaweckis were placed in the sealed ghetto, the Szulces continued to help them through telephone calls and they sent them food parcels. Following Szulc’s counsel, the Kaweckis—Jan, his wife Helena, their daughter Celina, and their son Adam—fled from the ghetto and were warmly received by the Szulces in their home, where they were given assistance and care. Using his connections with the Polish resistance, Szulc provided his wards with “Aryan” papers and arranged a place to live as subtenants of Maria Stechbart, a poor widow who lived with her son, Tadeusz. The Stechbarts knew that their tenants were Jewish but, despite the danger, aided and sheltered them, albeit for payment. When the entire population of Warsaw was banished after the Warsaw Uprising, the Stechbarts continued to take care of their Jewish tenants. They did so even after they were transferred to a displaced persons’ camp in Pruszków, where they stayed until the liberation. The Szulces, devout evangelists, aided their Jewish acquaintances during their ordeal due to a profound sense of altruism rooted in religious faith. On July 7, 1983, Yad Vashem recognized Emil Szulc, his wife Amalia, their son Eugeniusz, their daughter Alicja Kutte née Szulc, Maria Stechbart, and her son Tadeusz as Righteous Among the Nations.