Zajączkowska Regina ; Son: Zajączkowski Ryszard ; Daughter: Stasiuk Izabella (Zajączkowska); Daughter: Janiak Maria (Zajączkowska)

Zajączkowska, Regina Zajaczkowski, Ryszard Janiak-Zajączkowska, Maria Stasiuk- Zajączkowska, Izabela Regina Zajączkowska lived with her son, Ryszard, and her daughters, Izabela Stasiuk and her family and Maria Janiak and her family, in Wlodzimierz Wolynski. One day, Irena Gelman and her year-old daughter, Anna, appeared at their house. Irena had fled the Lwow ghetto (her husband had perished even before they entered the ghetto) and after a long journey arrived in Wlodzimierz Wolynski. She represented herself to the local priest as a Polish woman whose entire family had been killed. She said she was looking for work. The priest directed her to the Stasiuk family to work as a maid and cook. Some time afterwards, the Stasiuk family decided to move to Lublin out of fear of Ukrainian nationalists and invited Irena to come along with them. Izabela's mothers, Regina Zajączkowska, came to visit her daughter and advised Irena not to go to Lublin. At the same time, she offered help if Irena should have to flee Lublin in the future. Irena went with the family to Lublin but was forced to return to Wlodzimierz Wolynski. She then went to Regina, who warmly welcomed her and her daughter (who was ill) into her home. Irena and her daughter lived on the ground floor; on the second floor lived Regina's daughter Maria and her husband and son. After a few days, when Irena's daughter recovered, Irena decided to leave. She thanked Regina for her help and said that she did not wish to put her at risk anymore as, she explained, she was a Jewish escapee from the ghetto. Zajączkowska smiled and told her that from the moment she first saw her and her child she knew they were not Polish, but that this did not change a thing. Regina agreed to keep Irena and her daughter with her, but told her to keep her origins a secret from the rest of the family since they were antisemites (in time her children learned that Irena was Jewish). Irena stayed with the Zajaczkowskis until the end of the war, but lived in constant fear because there were always people informing the Germans about hidden Jews. In 1948, Irena moved to Lwow so that her daughter could receive an education. Regina moved with them and stayed with them for two years. In 1956, Irena moved to Warsaw. In 1957, she immigrated to Israel, from where she maintained contact with Regina and her daughters. On December 6, 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Regina Zajączkowska and her children, Ryszard, Izabela Stasiuk (nee Zajączkowska), and Maria Janiak (nee Zajączkowska), as Righteous Among the Nations.