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Waniewo

Commemorated

Called by Name

  • Stanisław Krysiewicz
  • Władysława Krysiewicz

Jews who received help

  • Szlomo Jaskółka
  • the wife of Szlomo Jaskółka, unknown by name
  • a woman by the surname of Olsza
  • Beniamin Różanowicz
  • the wife of Beniamin Różanowicz, unknown by name and surname
  • Lejzor Różanowicz
  • the wife of Lejzor Różanowicz, unknown by name and surname
  • a woman unknown by name and surname

Dispersion

Stanisław and Władysława Krysiewicz from Waniewo had five children aged between three and nine. In the autumn of 1942, they took in eight Jews from the ghetto in nearby Sokoły for whom they made hiding places under the barn and whom they provided with food.

On the night of 7 September 1943, German gendarmes surrounded the farm. They dragged Stanisław from his house, beat him unconscious, and finally shot him. Then they set fire to the buildings and murdered the fleeing Jews. Władysława died three days later following a series of brutal interrogations at a detention center in Tykocin.

The Germans gave an ultimatum to the neighbors of the Krysiewiczs: either they would take in the children, or they would die with their parents. The children were later split up and sent to stay either with relatives or in orphanages. They only learned of the siblings and the fate of their parents many years later.

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