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Jozef Walaszczyk
Picture: Cnaan Liphshiz
June 22, 2022, 8:19 pm
Jozef Walaszczyk, Poland’s oldest rescuer of Jews, dies at 102
Although he was responsible for saving at least 50 Jews, his story is relatively unknown in Poland and beyond, partly because of his aversion to being celebrated as a hero.
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
Jonny Daniels delivers Jozef Walaszczyk, right, a cake on his 101st birthday in Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 12, 2020. (From the Depths)
November 14, 2020, 5:29 pm
Holocaust rescuer’s 101st birthday draws video greetings from 49 countries
British-born activist Jonny Daniels arranged for well-wishers to send messages from across the world to righteous man Jozef Walaszczyk
By JTA
Jozef Walaszczyk cutting his 100th birthday as Righteous Among the Nations were honoured in Warsaw
November 20, 2019, 3:44 pm
Shoah rescuer gets surprise 100th birthday party in Poland as righteous honoured
Jozef Walaszczyk and peers who helped save Jews during the Holocaust were recognised at an event organised by a UK-Israeli activist
By JTA
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