Lutkówka
Commemorated
Called by Name
- Stanisław Siniarski
- Marianna Siniarska
- Marian Siniarski
- Irena Siniarska
- Edward Siniarski
Jews who received help
- Wolf Lipszyc
- Chana Lipszyc
Two families
Stanisław and Marianna Siniarski, together with their children—Marian, Irena, and Edward—lived in the village of Lutkówka near Mszczonów. In February 1944, they gave shelter to Wolf and Chana Lipszyc, a young Jewish couple who were expecting a child. In early March, Chana gave birth to a son.
In the early morning of March 10, 1944, following a denunciation, officers of the German gendarmerie and Schupo from Żyrardów arrived at the Siniarski farm. The unit consisted of several dozen men. As a result of their operation, both families—the Polish and the Jewish—were murdered on the spot. The Germans did not spare even the children, including Wolf and Chana’s newborn son, who was only a few days old.
After the war ended, the exhumation of the murdered families was carried out. In June 1945, the bodies of the Siniarski family were transferred to the cemetery in Lutkówka. In the late 1980s, Chaim Lipszyc, Wolf’s brother who had survived the German occupation, came to Poland. At his initiative, the remains of the murdered Jews were exhumed and buried at the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw.
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Żyrardów, Villa Wanda. During the German occupation, the building housed the headquarters of the Schupo (German Ordnungspolizei). Photograph from the 1970s. Collection of the Museum of Western Mazovia in Żyrardów.
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Żyrardów, the Guild of Various Crafts building, during World War II served as the headquarters of the German gendarmerie. Photograph from the 1970s. Collection of the Museum of Western Mazovia in Żyrardów.
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Gitla Lipszyc, sister of Wolf and Chaim, perished in the Warsaw Ghetto or in the Treblinka extermination camp. Photograph from the Lipszyc family collection.
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Chaim Lipszyc at the grave of Wolf and Chana. Photograph from the Lipszyc family collection.
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Chaim Lipszyc (on the right) in the post-war period. Photograph from the Lipszyc family collection.
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Commemoration of the Siniarski and Wolf Families in Lutkówka.
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Commemoration of the Siniarski and Wolf Families in Lutkówka.
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Commemoration of the Siniarski and Wolf Families in Lutkówka.