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Majdan Nowy

Commemorated

Called by name

  • Jan Gniduła
  • Katarzyna Kowal
  • Józef Kowal
  • Anastazja Łubiarz
  • Marianna Łubiarz
  • Katarzyna Margol
  • Kazimierz Szabat

Jews who received help

  • Ita Becher (see also: Stary Lipowiec)
  • the Feil family (including Icek Feil)

The network of neighborly help

In November 1942, the Germans liquidated the ghettos in Biłgoraj, Tarnogród and Józefów. Those Jews who managed to escape, including the Feil family, sought shelter in the surrounding areas. They were aided by some residents of the village of Majdan Nowy, who hid the fugitives on their farms or gave them food.

On 29 December 1942, German gendarmes arrived in Majdan Nowy. With them was Ita Becher, a young Jewish woman who had previously been hiding in the village. The Germans tortured her into pointing out where she had been helped. Jan Kowal was not in the house at the time, so they shot his wife Katarzyna and their teenage son Józef. They also murdered Jon Gniduła and Katarzyna Margol, as well as Anastazja and Marianna Łubiarz and Franciszek Szabat. They also searched for other helpers – Mikołaj Lekan and Jan Łubiarz, but failed to capture them. Finally they plundered and partially burned the victims’ homes.

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