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Correction to spelling of surname: Mendala.

See family lsted starting at number 376.

"...the surname, Medala, is spelt without any -n-in Polish but with a diacritic and pronounced as Mendala in English"

H. Hardouin, grandchild of Wiktoria Wezowicz

376. MEDALA, Franciszek, 48, living at Szarwark, near D¹browa Tarnowska, Tarnów prov. 377. MEDALA, Teresa, 40, his wife
378. MEDALA, (Christian name unknown) 12, daughter
379. MEDALA, (Christian name unknown) 10, son

The family was killed on July 5, 1943, by military policemen and Gestapo, for helping Jews hiding in the nearby forest, who, during the winter stayed in the Medala's home. The bodies of the Medala family were burnt with their farm buildings.

Also perished, the mother of Teresa, Wiktoria Wê¿owicz, and their neighbour, W³adys³aw Starzec (see: 579, 642)

300. KUCHARSKA, Zofia, 23, his wife

killed by military police on Oct. 9, 1943, in their own house, for sheltering Jews, killed while trying to escape. Andrzej, Katarzyna and Wiktoria Kosiarczyk were also executed. The 5 years old son of Andrzej and Wiktoria, as result of injuries remained an invalid for the rest of his life. The house and all the farm buildings were burnt together with the livestock. (see: 230-232)

sentenced to death by a special court in Radom, on May 7, 1943, on the grounds that "a certain Jewish woman, who escaped from the ghetto, was sheltered in his house". The sentence was carried out on Sep. 25, 1943.

sentenced to death by a special court of the commander of the SS and the Galician District Police for sheltering Jews; public notice of Jan 28, 1944

304. KUPIS, Bronis³awa, his wife

shot in spring 1943 on their property by military policemen from Nowy Korczyn, for sheltering 3 Jews. The 3 Kupis 3 children survived

306. KUR, Aleksander, 17, her son

shot on July 27, 1943 by military police from Miñsk Mazowiecki together with the the 3 Jews sheltered by them

308. KURIATA, Franciszka, 56, his wife

sheltered Shiya Fleisch, a Jewish boy found in the woods. On April 13, 1943 the German police carried out a housesearch. The boy was not found, but the police barricaded the Kuriatas in their house and set fire to it, and to all farm buildings. Posthumously awarded the medal "Righteous Among the Nations"

310, KURPIEL, Franciszka, his wife

killed with a group of Jews from Przemy¶l, living in an underground shelter near their house: the families Rubinfeld, Golinger and Spiegel. One of the 	sheltered managed to escape

312. KUSIAK, (Christain name unknown), 21, son of Wojciech

313. KUSIAK, (Christian name unknown) 6, son of Wojciech

shot by military police with Katarzyna Rybak and some Jewish fugitives. The hideout was given away by one of the last, tortured by the Germans. Wojciech and a 3rd son, not present at the time, escaped (see: 531)

killed after Feb. 24, 1943 in Treblinka camp, as one of 14 Poles victims of a provocation, weeks earlier (see: 14)

316. KUSZEK, Zofia, his wife

shot on Dec. 4, 1942 for helping and supplying food to Jews hiding in the woods; their daughter, Zofia Kubicka and other villagers also died

317. KU¦, Józef, 40, living at Przewrotne, near G³ogów Ma³opolski, Rzeszów prov.

killed on May 9 1943 in a group of 16 Poles for sheltering Jews (see: 70-71)

killed on Sep. 3, 1943 with a 15 years old boy, Chaim, sheltered by him

shot by SS officers in Oct. 1943, together with 3 other Poles for sheltering 2 Jews, also killed (see: 169)

320. LASEK, Jan, living at Tymienica, near Chotcza, Radom prov.

321. LASEK, Eugenia, 12, his granddaughter

322. LASEK, Zdzis³aw, 14, his grandson

shot at the turn of 1942, together with Józef Rutkowski from Tymienica and Grzeszczyk and Lelunek from Zaj¹czków, for help offered to Jews (see: 156, 326, 529)

shot on May 9, 1943, in a group of 16 Poles for sheltering Jews (see: 70-71)

during the Ghetto Uprising she and Janina P³awczyñska helped Jewish insurgents and passed letters from them to the Polish underground. Following the fall of the ghetto, the 2 women hid 10 insurgents in a shelter they built themselves. Discovered all 12 people were executed (see: 472)

shot on Jan. 20, 1943 for sheltering 2 Jews who were also killed and a Jewsih woman, who managed to escape. Lazar’s wife, Maria was sent to Auschwitz

shot with 5 people, at the turn of 1942 for help to Jews (see: 320-322)

328. LEWANDOWSKA, Emilia, his wife

shot on Dec. 4, 1942 at Pantalowice for help to Jews hiding in the woods and for sheltering them temporarily in their home. A number of villagers were killed with them (see: 93-96)

330. LIBROWSKI, W³adys³aw, 35, her son

shot by military police in November 1943 together with 8 Jews hiding in their barn: families Chêciñski and Bugajski. Killed also was Gerwazy Bañkowski, sheltering 2 of them (see: 33)

Adolf Synaj in search of shelter with Ligas, was shot by Germans in July 1943. Ligas got away, but soon was caught and died in Montelupich prison in Cracow

shot on June 28, 1943 in a group of 25 Poles for sheltering Jews (see: 9)

334. LUBKIEWICZ, Maria, 44, his wife

335. LUBKIEWICZ, Stefan, 25, son

shot by military police on Jan. 13, 1943 for supplying bread to Jewish women: El¿a and Czapkiewicz from Sadowne, who were killed later

336. £ODEJ, Wojciech, living at Lubieñ, near Rozprza, Piotrków prov.

337. £ODEJ, Marianna, his wife

killed at Lubieñ on Dec. 14, 1942 by military police from I³¿a, for saving Jews, incl. Chil Brawermann

coorganized a camp for the Kutera forest-range for about 40 Jews from I³¿a, whom he supplyed with food; he was killed on Dec. 31, 1942

343. £ODEJ, Edward, 14, son

341. £ODEJ. Janina, 12, daughter

342. £ODEJ, W³adys³aw, 8,. son

343. £ODEJ, Stanis³aw, 6, son

The entire family was arrested at Lubieñ on Dec. 21, 1942 and killed in the forest near I³¿a

344. £UBIARZ, Anastazja, 43, farmer, living at Majdan Nowy, Near Kiê¿pol, Zamo¶æ prov.

345. £UBIARZ, Maria, 76, Anastazja’s mother-in-law

killed on Dec. 29, 1942 by military policemen from Bi³goraj, for sheltering Jews; they were betrayed by a young woman under their care, tortured by Germans and promised her life. The husband and son of Anastazja hid themselves. All the farm buildings were burnt down (see: 147)

shot in autumn of 1943 together with 7 Jews, hiding in the nearby forest since 1942, whom he helped

348. £UKACZ, Janina, his wife

arrested in the middle of 1943 for helping 3 Jewish families: Luterman, Rand and Fish. Eugeniusz died in Dachau camp, Janina in Tarnów prison

349. MACHUL, Jan, farmer, living at Cezaryn, near Pu³awy, Lublin prov.

shot on July 3, 1943, together with 2 Jews he was sheltering

killed by military police on May 8, 1942 at Schabojewo for sheltering 3 Jewish women: Choma Dyga³a, Alka Alterowicz and Ida Alterowicz

352. MADEJ, Zofia, his wife

353. MADEJ, Krystyna, 2, daughter

killed by Germans on Jan. 12, 1943 in the house of Zofia’s brother, Bronis³aw Janus, with his family and 6 sheltered Jews (see: 181-183)

shot by Gestapo and soldiers of Wehrmacht in a group of 4 farmers and 6 sheltered Jews (see: 208)

sentenced to death for sheltering Jews; verdict passed by the special court of the SS and police commander in Cracow, pronounced on Feb. 23, 1944

arrested in summer 1943 for transporting Jews, together with Stanis³aw Furmanek, from Daleszyce to Chmielnik; he died following torture in prison (see: 127)

sentenced to death for helping Jews; public notice of the commander of the SS and the Galician District Police of Dec. 14, 1943

shot at Dobroszyce on Dec. 20, 1943, with Zygmunt Kaczmarek and the Jews they sheltered: Abraham Ze³kowicz and his 10 years old son (see: 205)

360. MALICKI, (Christian name unknown) her husband, also civil servant there

perished at Treblinka, sent there at the end of 1942 or beginning of 1943, for supplying, with the help of a parish priest, false documents to Jews, incl.

Maria Reichenbach and her sister. The parish priest has also been killed

shot on June 28, 1943 in a group of 25 Poles for help to Jews (see: 9)

sheltered with his son, Zdzis³aw, the Jewish boxer Shapshi Rotholz, his wife Maria and their son Ryszard. Denounced, perished in spring 1944, with Maria Ratholz; the others succeeded to escape. Tadeusz was awarded posthumously the medal "Righteous Among the Nations"

364. MARCINIAK, Zofia, his wife

;shot on Feb. 15, 1943 in their house in which they sheltered 7 Jews; one of whom escaped

shot in summer 1943, with Agnieszka Ga³gan, Bart³omiej Gielarowski and 5 Jewish fugitives from Soko³ów (see: 133)

together with his wife, Anna and his son Piotr, he hid in a special shelter 4 Jews: Mendel Friedman with his son Izak and Klara Hart with her 6 years old son, all of whom survived and after the war emigrated. But Marciszczuk was murdered in 1945 by Ukrainian nationalists. Posthumously awarded the medal "Righteous Among the Nations"

he sheltered in a special hide-out on ¦wiêtojerska Str. and in his flat on Pañska Str. in Warsaw dozens of Jewish people from the beginning of German occupation. Arrested on Nov. 25, 1943 with 13 Jews and the Polish woman Jadwiga Deneko, he was shot on Dec. 31, 1943 (see 97)

arrested in May 1943, together with Karol and Tekla Chowaniak, her foster-parents; she was sheltering 4 Jews. All died in Auschwitz (see:67-68)

hid underneath his barn 4 Jews: Lejba, Wulwe, Moniek and Sifra. After being betrayed, W³adys³aw was arrested on Dec. 8, 1942, with his wife Agnieszka and 5 children. He alone from his family was killed on March 15, 1943, his farm buildings and livestock were burnt. The 4 Jews were not in the shelter that day and thus escaped also.

killed with her cousin Józef Gnidula on Dec. 29, 1942, for helping Jews (see: 147)

killed in a mass execution on May 9, 1943 for sheltering Jews (see: 70-71)

373. MARZYJANEK, Micha³, son

murdered in 1944 at Brzostówka, near Tomaszów Mazowiecki, for sheltering during 1,5 year 4 Jews Cymerman, who died when trying to escape

killed after Feb. 24, in Treblinka, as one of 14 Poles, victims of provocation several weeks earlier (see: 14)

shot in 1943 for sheltering Jews

377. MENDALA, Teresa, 40, his wife

378. MENDALA, (Christian name unknown) 12, daughter

379. MENDALA, (Christian name unknown) 10, son

killed on July 5, 1943, by military policemen and Gestapo, for helping Jews hiding in the nearby forest, who, during the winter stayed in the Mendala’s home. The bodies of the Mendala family were burnt with their farm buildings. Also perished the mother of Teresa, Wiktoria Wê¿owicz, and their neighbour, W³adys³aw Starzec (see: 579, 642)

381. MICHALSKI, Stanis³aw, son

shot in March 1943, in a nearby forest, for helping Jews by the German gendarmes

murdered on Sep. 9, 1943, together with the Rêbi¶ family for sheltering Jews (see 508-512)

sentenced to death by a special court of the commander of the SS and the Galician District Police, for helping Jews; public notice of Jan. 28, 1944)

shot at Lud¼mierz on Mar. 6, 1944, with 2 other women and 3 men of unknown names, for helping Jews (together 6 people)

with members of his family he helped Jews by bringing them food into the woods and keeping 2 of them on his farm: Izak Parnas and Izak Szterling, who stayed there until the end of the war. However when news spread around how they survived, Stefan was murdered by the Ukrainian nationalists. He was awarded posthumousl.y the medal "Righteous Among Nations".

he sheltered 5 Jews, incl. the Honig family, since September 1942, in a dug-out under his home. Arrested in Jan. 1943, even though the Germans failed to find the Jews, he was sent to Majdanek where he died.

killed on Apr. 19, when fighting with his Home Army (AK) unit at the ghetto walls, the first day of its uprising, attempting to make an opening in the ghetto walls at the Bonifraterska Street

shot in winter of 1942-43 near the so calld Górki (headquarters of the military police at Ciepielów, for "conspiring with Jews"

shot by gendarmes on Dec. 21 1943, under a charge of helping Jews.

390. NALEWAJKA, Jan, from Wola Przybys³awska, near Garbów, Lublin pr.

391. NALEWAJKA, Julia, his wife

burned alive on Dec. 10, 1942, in their own home together with their 3 children and the sheltered Jews (see: 3-6)

killed by Gestapo for saving from certain death a Jewish woman from Jas³o: Sarah Diller. Posthumously awarded the medal "Righteous Among Nations". Sarah recounted me her story in Jerusalem in 1985. (see: 37)

393. NIECPOÑ, Jan, 56, living at ¯o³ynia, near Le¿ajsk, Rzeszów prov.

shot by local gendarmes in May 1944, together with a Jewess, fugitive from Bia³obrzegi, whom he sheltered.

arrested in Mar. 1943 and then shot for aiding Jews

murderd by members of the Gestapo from Tarnów, on Apr. 8, 1943, together with 2 Jews sheltered by him

arrested for sheltering the Wolkenfeld family; shot in the building of the tribunal on Aug. 24, 1942

A search on April 6, 1943, resulting from a denunciation, was carried out in her house by military police from Ostrowiec. Even tough no sheltered Jews were discovered, as they took refuge elsewhere, Maria and Leokadia Swarliñska, mother of a 3 years old child, were sent to concentreation camps. Leokadia survived, but Maria perished

hanged in public at the Hasag-Werke factory at Skar¿ysko for smuggling food to Jews forced to work there