File 4950 Banasiewicz, Franciszek Banasiewicz, Magdalena Banasiewicz, Tadeusz Jurek-Banasiewicz, Maria Franciszek and Magdalena Banasiewicz and their children, Maria and Tadeusz, saved some 15 Jews during the German occupation. In their postwar testimony, Jakub and Eugenia Nassan spoke of the Banasiewicz family’s courage and humanitarian motives, stating that it is unlikely that the money or other items that the family received sufficed for the maintenance of 15 persons. Franciszek and Magdalena owned a small farm in the village of Orzechowce, in the Przemyśl district. In July 1942, all the Jewish workers on the Mackowice estate were shot by the Germans, with the exception of Salomon Erenfreund and Junek Frenkiel, who succeeded in escaping the murderers’ bullets. Erenfreund wandered through fields and forests, obtaining assistance from local peasants, and was subsequently joined by Tadeusz Banasiewicz, Franciszek and Magdalena’s son, who had escaped from a labor camp in Germany. During the liquidation of the Przemyśl ghetto, Jews who had succeeded in fleeing came to the Banasiewicz family for help, including some to whom Franciszek himself had offered refuge. All were hidden in a hideout that had been dug in the granary. Among them were Erenfreund’s brother, Izaak, and his wife, Janina; their cousin, Jakub Nassan, and his wife, Eugenia; an acquaintance, Marcel Teich (later Uminski; Ominski); and subsequently Feiga Weidenbaum and Edmund Orner. Tadeusz Banasiewicz, who initiated the rescue of several Jews, brought to his parents’ home Fela Schattner; Samuel Reinharz and his parents, Izaak and Berta; and Józef and Lotka Weindlinger. Tadeusz was arrested at the ghetto fence while trying to smuggle Samuel Reinharz out, but owing to the latter’s quick thinking, the two succeeded in escaping. Other peasants in the area were also involved in smuggling Jews out of the ghetto. Among them was Michał Kruk, who was discovered in his farmyard by FranciszekBanasiewicz after he had been hanged by the Germans as a punishment for his activities. Jews were also discovered hiding in a forester’s home in a nearby village, and both they and their rescuers were shot. Franciszek and Magdalena were not deterred by these tragedies, however, and neither they nor their children, Maria and Tadeusz, curtailed their endeavors to save Jews. Tadeusz was arrested for the second time when the Germans searched the house for arms, but the hiding place was not discovered and the Jewish fugitives remained with the family until their liberation in July 1944. After the war, some of the survivors kept up a correspondence with the Banasiewicz family, to whom they owed their lives. On July 17, 1991, Yad Vashem recognized Franciszek and Magdalena Banasiewicz, their son, Tadeusz, and daughter, Maria Jurek-Banasiewcz, as Righteous Among the Nations.