Slonecki Marian & Slonecka Władysława ; Son: Jerzy ; Son: Henryk ; Daughter: Slonecka Emilia

Slonecki, Marian Slonecka, Władysława Slonecka, Emilia Slonecki, Jerzy Slonecki, Henryk Ryszard The ties between the Gross and Slonecki families from the town of Przemyslany, in Eastern Galicia, came about through the friendship between their daughters, Lusia and Emilia, who were classmates. This friendship continued into the occupation period, and when things became difficult for the Gross family, the Sloneckis came to their aid. In one of the Aktionen in late 1941, Lusia Gross fled to the Sloneckis who agreed to shelter her, and her sister, Gizela. At Lusia’s request, Marian Slonecki, Emilia’s father, smuggled Lusia’s aunt, Regina Laufer, and her daughter out of the ghetto. In time, Lusia obtained forged documents, and with Marian Slonecki’s help, was sent, under an assumed identity, to work in Germany. Lusia’s aunt, Regina, who had joined the partisans, used to visit the Sloneckis from time to time to wash and stock up on food. Marian’s wife, Stanisława, and his three children, Emilia, Jerzy and Henryk Ryszard, also took part in the rescue operation. In risking their lives for their Jewish friends, the Sloneckis were guided by humanitarian motives, which overrode considerations of personal safety or economic hardship, and never expected anything in return. After the war, Lusia Gross immigrated to Israel, her sister and aunt immigrated to the United States, while the Sloneckis moved to an area within Poland’s new borders. On March 22, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Stanisława and Marian Slonecki, and their children, Emilia, Jerzy, and Henryk Ryszard, as Righteous Among the Nations.