Worobiec Wilhelm & Janina (Iwanowicz); Daughter: Glinska Henryka (Worobiec)

Worobiec, Wilhelm Worobiec, Janina Glińska-Hordyniak (Worobiec), Henryka In October 1942, after bloody Aktionen, Marian and Bronisława Berlas (Berlaś), their 15-year-old daughter, Alina, and Bronislawa’s sister, Halina Brand, escaped from the Stryj ghetto, in the Stanisławow district, and made their way to Wilhelm and Janina Worobiec, former acquaintances of theirs, who lived in Stryj in a one-roomed apartment. Despite the fact that the Worobieces were poor, and relied on their daughter, Henryka, for a living, they welcomed the refugees and, guided by humanitarian considerations only, gave them their living room to hide in, while they themselves slept in the kitchen. Despite the danger and constant fear of betrayal by neighbors, the Berlases stayed with the Worobieces until August 1944, when the area was liberated. On Christian festivals, they invited the Berlases to eat with them and, in general, treated them like members of the family. After the war, both the Worobieces and Berlases moved to areas within Poland’s new borders and the friendship between them continued for many years. On October 8, 1997, Yad Vashem recognized Janina and Wilhelm Worobiec and their daughter, Henryka Glińska-Hordyniak (née Worobiec), as Righteous Among the Nations. File 6702