Zarzycki Władysław & Zarzycka Stefania (Kocurkiewicz); Child: Jan ; Child: Głuchowska Stanisława (Zarzycka)

Zarzycki, Władysław Zarzycka, Stefania Głuchowska-Zarzycka, Stanisława Zarzycki, Jan After a number of Aktionen launched by the Germans and Ukrainian nationalists against the Jews of Stryj, in the Stanisławów district, Salomon and Emilia Stern turned to Władysław and Stefania Zarzycki, friends and former neighbors of theirs, asking for help. Without any conditions, the Zarzyckis came to the aid of their Jewish acquaintances and, despite the danger, arranged a hiding place for them in their house. Their bravery was all the more outstanding in view of the fact that some neighboring Poles, who had harbored Jews, had been shot to death. The Zarzyckis, with the help of Jan, their 15-year-old son, dug a shelter under the floor of one of their rooms, where the Sterns hid until the summer of 1944, when the area was liberated by the Red Army. Despite their straitened circumstances, the Zarzyckis, their son, Jan, and daughter, Stanislawa, looked after their charges devotedly, at great personal risk, without expecting anything in return. Guided by humanitarian considerations, they shared their food with them, supervised their hygiene, and did all they could to raise their morale when they fell into despair. After the war, the Zarzyckis moved to territory within Poland’s postwar borders while the Sterns emigrated to the United States. On December 10, 1995, Yad Vashem recognized Stefania and Władysław Zarzycki, their daughter, Stanisława Głuchowska-Zarzycka, and their son, Jan Zarzycki, as Righteous Among the Nations. File 6717