Kądziołka Stanisław ; Daughter: Kieler Leokadia (Kądziołka); Daughter: Ostrowska Genowe (Kądziołka)

Kądziołka Stanisław Ostrowska-Kądziołka Genowefa Kieler-Kądziołka Leokadia One morning in the fall of 1942, the siblings, Mojżesz and Blima Katz, b.1913, of the village of Czelatyce suddenly appeared at the home of Stanisław Kądziołka in the neighboring village of Więckowice (Jarosław County, Lwów District). These two were among the only survivors of their village after the German Aktion that exterminated the Jews of the area. Frightened and trembling with cold, they asked for food and a place to hide. Stanisław Kądziołka knew the Katz family well from his business relations with them. He was a poor farmer who barely managed to support his family of seven on his small plot of land even in normal days. Initially, he hesitated to agree and his wife even showed signs of hostility towards them. Finally, he agreed after his two grown daughters Genowefa and Leokadia took pity on the children. He prepared a hiding place for them in the barn. After a short while, the two were joined by a third person, a young man named Majer Blau, who was also a survivor of the same Aktion. From time to time a brother, Icek, was welcomed to eat with them but in time he disappeared. The three remained with the Kądziołka family until the Liberation in July 1944. This was a difficult period not only for those in hiding but also for their rescuers. In 1943, the daughters of the family helped Blima to give birth, but the baby died four days later and was buried close to their home. Apart from the additional economic burden on the family, which had to feed three more mouths in addition to their seven, they lived in constant fear that somebody would denounce them. There were neighbors who suspected them, and together with their wards they were liable to pay with their lives. Nonetheless, they continued to hide them until the liberation in summer 1944. On August 3, 2000, Yad Vashem recognized Stanisław Kądziołka and his daughters Genowefa Kądziołka-Ostrowksa and Leokadia Kądziołka-Kieler as Righteous Among the Nations. File: 9006