Micha\u0142 and Wiktoria Stasiuk lived in the center of Rzesz\u00f3w, 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.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2019 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wiktoria, Micha\u0142 and their son Marian were arrested. Following interrogation, Marian and Wiktoria were released, while Micha\u0142 was sentenced to death by the German special court \u201cfor aiding elements hostile to the Reich\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Very few of the Jews who had sought refuge in the Rzesz\u00f3w cellars survived the Holocaust \u2013 among them were Lotka Goldberg, Natan Berliner and Helena Ojzerowicz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2146","miejsce","type-miejsce","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wystawazpi.instytutpileckiego.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/miejsce\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wystawazpi.instytutpileckiego.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/miejsce"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wystawazpi.instytutpileckiego.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/miejsce"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wystawazpi.instytutpileckiego.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}