Wilk Zofia ; Son: Józef

Wilk Zofia Wilk Józef Zofia Wilk lived in Przemyśl with her son Józef during the war. She was a widow and a pensioner. Józef worked as a laborer. In June 1942, the Pellers, Zofia’s old-time neighbors, approached her. They had managed to smuggle David San, Mrs. Peller’s nephew, out of the ghetto. They asked if Zofia would agree to accept David into her home and to care for him; they offered to pay 400 zloty a month towards his upkeep. “It was not a large sum, but it partly covered the boy’s living expenses. My mother, very religious, believed that God would allow us to survive and save little David from death,” wrote Józef in his testimony. He continues: “And so we lived in one room for seven months... All would have been well if it wasn’t for the envious neighbors, who whispered louder and louder that Mrs. Wilk is holding a Jew and it is not clear with what funds.” Zofia and Józef started to consider their next steps. Zofia decided that Józef should go to work in Germany. “At least you will be saved, and I am ready for everything, what God pleases will be,” she said. In February 1943, Józef left for Germany. Every week he received a letter from his mother, confirmation that she was still alive. This continued until August 1944, when the Red Army entered Przemyśl. Józef returned from Germany in May 1945. After the war, David moved to the Pellers, who had also survived, and, in May 1948, he left for Israel, where his father’s brother, Yechezkel San, and his wife adopted him. On December 2, 1991, Yad Vashem recognized Zofia Wilk and her son, Józef Wilk, as Righteous Among the Nations. File 5069