Krasicki Antoni & Krasicka Kunda ; Son: Kazimierz ; Son: Karol

Krasicki, Antoni Krasicka, Kunda Krasicki, Karol Krasicki, Kazimierz In May 1943, when the Germans, with the help of Ukrainian collaborators, liquidated the Brody ghetto in the Tarnopol district, 18-year-old Fela Papiernik refused to report to the assembly point for deportation, but hid in her apartment in a makeshift hiding place. After lying there for several days without food or drink, Papiernik emerged from her hiding place and, at dead of night, left Brody and began walking in the direction of Olesko Brodzkie, her native village. After wandering for many days through fields and villages, Papiernik, on the verge of collapse, reached her destination, and began knocking on the doors of farmers she knew in the area. The latter, however, turned her away, some even with threats to betray her to the authorities. Just as a desperate Papiernik had decided to give herself up at the nearest police station, she met Kunda Krasicka, a peasant woman, who took her home to her husband, Antoni, and their three children. After comforting Fela, Krasicka, moved to compassion, fed her, helped her bathe, and offered her unconditional shelter in her home. After only a few days, Fela was forced to leave due to the suspicious neighbors. The Krasickis, and their sons, Karol and Kazimierz, dug a bunker in the forest near their farm, where Papiernik hid until the summer of 1944, when the area was liberated by the Red Army. Throughout her stay in the forest, the Krasickis and their sons saw to all her needs and, despite their straitened circumstances, fed and clothed her. After the war, Papiernik immigrated to Israel while the Krasickis moved to Wroclaw, within Poland’s new borders. In 1989, Papiernik invited Kazimierz Krasicki to stay with her in Israel. On March 20, 1991, Yad Vashem recognized Kunda and Antoni Krasicki, and their sons, Karol and Kazimierz, as Righteous Among the Nations.