Daniluk Włodzimierz & Anna ; Daughter: Luba ; Daughter: Borowska Raisa (Daniluk)

Daniluk, Włodzimierz Daniluk, Anna Daniluk, Luba Borowska-Daniluk, Raisa One day in January 1943, there was a knock at the door of the home of the Daniluk family, who were living in the village of Solniczki (Zabłudów County, Białystok District). When they opened the door, Paltiel Lopata came in and asked for food. From his appearance, it was clear that he was not well – he was starving, dirty, and trembling from the cold. Anna and Wlodzimierz Daniluk felt sorry for him and offered to let him stay in their home. They had three children in their home, ranging in age from five to 16-years-old. They were a poor farming family, but they were kind-hearted people who empathized with the plight of others. During the time that Paltiel spent in their home, the Daniluk’s oldest daughter, Luba, fell in love with him, and she decided to link her fate with his. One day Paltiel returned to the Białystok ghetto, where he told his friends about the Daniluks, gave them the address, and then went back. A few weeks later, he was joined in their home by his friend, Itzhak Kukliński, whom the Daniluks also took in. In September 1943, after the liquidation of the Białystok ghetto, another two Jews joined them – Israel Bramson and Moshe Fliker. Włodzimierz became very fearful about what might happen to his family if the authorities were to discover he was hiding so many Jews. Luba was the one who managed to convince her parents to allow all four Jews to remain in their home. The penalty for hiding one Jew, she said, was the same as for hiding four Jews. In the end, the four remained in the Daniluk home until the liberation in July 1944. When the Jews emerged from their hiding in the Daniluk’s home, the neighbors were amazed to discover that four Jews had been hiding in their midst, and they reacted angrily. In May 1945, the Daniluks invited the four survivors and some relatives over to their house to celebrate the victory over Nazi Germany. In the middle of the party, armed Polish thugs broke into the house and attacked the people who were celebrating. They murdered seven people, while others were seriously wounded. Włodzimierz, Luba, and Moshe were among those murdered. Anna and another of her daughters, Raisa, were wounded. The murderers did not even spare two Polish children, aged four and seven, who were lying in their beds, and burned them together with the house and its contents. On April 6, 2003, Yad Vashem recognized Włodzimierz and Anna Daniluk and their daughters, Luba Daniluk and Raisa Daniluk-Borówska, as Righteous Among the Nations.