Kobak Leontyna (Krug); Daughter: Pawłowicz Ewa (Kobak); Daughter: Pawłowicz Zofia (Kobak)

Kobak Leontyna Pawłowicz-Kobak Zofia Pawłowicz-Kobak Ewa After the Soviet Union annexed Borysław in the Lwów district, in 1939, the Bałabans’ son and the Kobaks’ son were imprisoned and exiled by the Soviet authorities. Bałaban and Kobak who worked in the same oil refinery were friends and worked together to obtain their sons’ release. In 1941, after the German occupation of the city, Kobak passed away. In 1942, when the Jews of Borysław were interned in the ghetto, Leontyna, Kobak’s widow, and her two daughters, Zofia and Ewa, hid Rubin and Anna Balaban, their daughter, Lucja, and Aleksander Frenkiel (whom Lucja later married), in a well-camouflaged hiding place in their apartment. Despite the danger, Leontyna and her daughters, guided by true friendship and Christian love, looked after all four refugees devotedly. The refugees stayed with Kobak until August 1944, when the area was liberated by the Red Army, and after the war, they immigrated to Israel. After the war, the two sons returned from Soviet captivity, and remained friends for many years. On June 25, 1991, Yad Vashem recognized Leontyna Kobak and her daughters, Zofia Pawłowicz-Kobak and Ewa Pawłowicz-Kobak, as Righteous Among the Nations. File 4928