Rzeszów
Commemorated
Called by name
- Michał Stasiuk
Jews who received help
- Naftali Berliner
- Lotka Goldberg
- Beniamin Gross
- Hanna Gross
- Gross, given name unknown
- Aron Kleinmintz
- Kleinmintz, given name unknown
- Abraham Landau
- Siudek Merel
- Giza Merel Wind
- Merel, given name unknown
- Wind, given name unknown
- Abraham Ojzerowicz
- Helena Kramberg Ojzerowicz
- Jehoszua Springer
- Gitla Sticker Ojzerowicz
- Szymon Ungar
- Lea Wahl Halberstam
- and about twenty other people unknown by name and surname
“Pod Nadzieją”
Michał and Wiktoria Stasiuk lived in the center of Rzeszów, where they worked as caretakers in nearby tenement houses. During the German occupation, the Stasiuks became engaged in helping an almost 40-strong group of Jews who had escaped from the ghetto and were hiding in the cellars under the market square.
In late February 1944, laborers working near the original entrance to the underground accidentally discovered the hideout. The Jews panicked and rushed outside. Some sought shelter at the Stasiuks’ house, but they were spotted by blue policemen. Others were immediately arrested by German gendarmes. Tortured, they revealed information about the hideout and their helpers.
Wiktoria, Michał and their son Marian were arrested. Following interrogation, Marian and Wiktoria were released, while Michał was sentenced to death by the German special court “for aiding elements hostile to the Reich”.
Very few of the Jews who had sought refuge in the Rzeszów cellars survived the Holocaust – among them were Lotka Goldberg, Natan Berliner and Helena Ojzerowicz.
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The tenement at 15 Rynek Street (“Esterka’s House,” “Schippers’ House”). During the Holocaust a hiding place for Jews, called the “Bunker”, was located beneath the building. During the occupation, the building housed the “Pod Nadzieją” pharmacy.
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WIKTORIA STASIUK, wife of the murdered MICHAŁ STASIUK. She helped Jews together with her husband and son.
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MARIAN STASIUK, son of WIKTORIA STASIUK and the murdered MICHAŁ STASIUK. During the occupation he was sent to work as a caretaker of the headquarters for the Rzeszów Gestapo. He joined his parents in their efforts to help Jews.
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HELENA KRAMBERG née OJZEROWICZ with her husband WILIAM (WOLF) KRAMBERG. She and her sister GUSTA hid beneath the market square with their father ABRAHAM.
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The commemoration in Rzeszów, 29 November 2022.
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The commemoration in Rzeszów, 29 November 2022.
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The commemoration in Rzeszów, 29 November 2022.
