The Moryson Family
Ignacy Moryson Husband
born 15 January 1892 – died 22 July 1972
Leokadia Moryson née Marszałek Wife
born 7 October 1910 in Radzanów (mazowieckie) – died 1983
Recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations:
22 June 1994
- Ignacy Moryson
- Leokadia Moryson née Marszałek
Help Was Extended to:
Beniamin Komar
born 1 May 1915 – died 2004
Maryla Zalejska-Komar née Steinberg
born 15 December 1919 – died 2004
Leon Olszer
Story of Rescue
September 2010, Ewa Opawska
Ignacy Moryson lived with his wife, Leokadia, and his daughter, Irena, in Warsaw, first on Szorstka Street, and then at 2 Konopacka Street. Ignacy ran a beer and soda water bottling plant. He got acquainted with many Jews through his business contacts.
The Morysons’ bottling company worked also during the II World War. After a ghetto was founded, Ignacy Moryson started to employ its residents. “Half of the Jews we took from the ghetto – mostly men – would shopping, visit a doctor, and look for a place they could escape to” – Irena Gołębiowska née Moryson, explains.
Leokadia Moryson helped Jews to sell their valuable belongings. The couple sought hiding places on the so-called “Aryan side”, and obtained false papers.
From March 1943, they hid their pre-war friend, Beniamin Komar, in the cellar. Even 10-year-old Leokadia knew nothing about this. They also sheltered Leon Olszer for a short time.
At Komar’s request, Moryson got Maryla Steinberg out of the ghetto, and hired her as a maid. When a Volksdeutsch warned him about the girl’s conspicuous Jewish look, Maryla was taken to the country. Komar and Maryla survived the II World War and got married. Leon Olszer died in unknown circumstances.
