Gorecki Zbigniew

Gorecki, Zbigniew When the Germans occupied Poznan, Dr. Zbigniew Gorecki moved to Radom in the Kielce district, where he soon became known as a young physician who was willing to help the needy, including Jews. When the Jews of Radom were interned in the ghetto, Dr. Gorecki smuggled in food and firewood, which he paid for out of his own pocket. He also offered free medical assistance to Jews living on the Aryan side of the city. In the summer of 1942, when the Radom ghetto was liquidated, an acquaintance asked Dr. Gorecki to save the life of a little orphan girl, whose father (Dr. Senderowicz) and mother had committed suicide before the deportation. Dr. Gorecki entered the ghetto, bandaged the girl’s face to disguise her Jewish appearance, and smuggled her out of the ghetto in his official car, which belonged to the hospital where he worked. Gorecki arranged for her to stay with a friend of his, in the nearby town of Jedlinsk, where he continued to look after her until the area was liberated by the Red Army in January 1945. Later, Dr. Gorecki immigrated to Canada. The fate of the little Senderowicz girl remains a mystery to this day. On April 4, 1967, Yad Vashem recognized Dr. Zbigniew Gorecki as Righteous Among the Nations.