Olszewska Teodora ; Son: Olszewski Kazimierz ; Daughter: Anna ; Daughter: Mikulska Jozefa (Olszewska)

Olszewska Teodora, Mikulska Józefa, Olszewska Anna, Olszewski Kazimir Gita Nomkin, a widow, lived with her 13 children in a farm in the village of Pialiki near Szarkowszczyzna (today Šarkaŭščyna in the Vitebsk area, Belarus). Not far from Pialiki, in a village called Dubowoe, lived a Polish family of farmers by the name of Olszewski. Teodora and Justyn Olszewski and their five children were szlachta – descendants of minor nobility. The two families were good neighbors, and kept in touch also after Teodora was widowed and was left to manage the farm and her household on her own. In the summer of 1941 the area came under German occupation, and a ghetto was established to house Szarkowszczyzna’s 700 Jews and additional 1,200 from the surrounding area. Barely a year later, in 1942, the ghetto was liquidated and most of its inhabitants murdered. The few that survived managed to do so because the head of the Judenrat was able to warn them of the upcoming Aktion beforehand. Eight of the Nomkins were among those lucky enough to escape: Yudit, Mikhalina, Edya, Martin, Yehuda, Grisha, Bella and Boris. They made their way to the Olszewskis’ farm, and were allowed to stay in the sheds scattered around the farm. Over the next year, Teodora and three of her oldest children, Józefa (b. 1927), Anna (b. 1922), and Kazimir (b. 1924), took care of the eight Jews, fed them and took care of their needs. In the summer of 1943 the farm was searched by German soldiers, and the Nomkins decided it was best to leave and join a group of partisans who were gathered near the village. They survived the rest of the war by staying with them. After the war, most of the Nomkins immigrated to Israel. They remained in good relations with their rescuers. On 27 April 2010, Yad Vashem recognized Teodora Olszewska and her children Józefa, Anna, and Kazimir as Righteous Among the Nations.