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Rzążew

Commemorated

Called by name

  • Antoni Domański
  • Franciszek Domański
  • Piotr Domański

Jews who received help

  • a few/about a dozen people unknown by name and surname

Together with father

Widower Piotr Domański and his sons Franciszek and Antoni ran a farm in the village of Rzążew near Zbuczyn. They were known for their industriousness and kindness. Antoni served on the board of the local Voluntary Fire Brigade.

When the German began liquidating the local ghettos towards the end of August 1942, the Domańskis hid a number of Jews in one their barns. At night they brought them food, and in return the fugitives – taking all the necessary precautions – helped them at the farm. When the Germans took interest in the case, Piotr tried to persuade his sons to leave the house and find a safe haven, but they preferred to stay together with their seventy-six-year-old father.

At noon on 8 April 1943, the Germans stormed into the Domańskis’ household. When the men refused to admit that they were helping Jews, the drunken gendarmes subjected them to brutal torture, and next transported them to a nearby forest and shot them. The fate of Jews who received help from the Domańskis remains unknown.

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