Wiącek Jan & Katarzyna ; Daughter: Maria ; Daughter: Dziadosz Aniela (Wiącek); Daughter: Trojnar Ludwika (Wiącek); Daughter: Kuc Karolina (Wiącek); Daughter: Franciszka

WIĄCEK, JAN WIĄCEK, KATARZYNA WIĄCEK, MARIA DZIADOSZ-WIĄCEK, ANIELA TROJNAR-WIĄCEK, LUDWIKA KUC-WIĄCEK, KAROLINA WIĄCEK, FRANCISZKA During the war, Jan and Katarzyna Wiącek lived near the village of Strzelczyska in the county of Mosciska, in the Lwow district. They had seven children, five daughters and two sons. The oldest daughter, Maria, was born in 1920 and the youngest son, Jan, was born in 1939. From October 1941 until May 1944, they sheltered three Jews in their home, the Brunder sisters, Itka (later Pechter) and Matla, and Abram Szrajber (later Doren). According to Aniela Wiącek, Jan and Katarzyna’s daughter: “The Germans ordered all the Jews from the county and the town of Mosciska to a certain street, and kept them this way under guard for months, but I went there anyway to visit my friends. Those who hid with us were our neighbors.” Itka recalls that when her parents were taken to the Jaworow ghetto, Jan took her and her sister to his home, fed them, and obtained clothes for them, as well as anything else they needed, for the entire time. The whole Wiącek family actively helped to care for the fugitives. Jan obtained newspapers for them and helped to keep their spirits up. Itka relates in her testimony that Jan also took bread and other supplies into the Jaworow ghetto and that other Jews hiding in the area received help from him. They would come by his house in the evening to get food or a place to sleep. “For us he was an angel and it is thanks to him that we are alive... When we were depressed and when we cried he cheered us up and said that, even if the war goes on for ten more years, we would still be with him, and he would take care of us until the end of the war. He treated us like his own children. For some time, he brought us letters from the ghetto.” After the liberation, Itka and Matla left for Israel; Abram joined the Polish Army and fought in Berlin, where he was wounded. After the war, he settled in Warsaw. On June 8,1986, Yad Vashem recognized Jan Wiącek, his wife, Katarzyna Wiącek, and their children Maria, Aniela, Ludwika, Karolina, and Franciszka Wiącek, as Righteous Among the Nations.