The Polujko Family
Dymitr Połujko Father
Irena Połujko née Zając Mother
Mikołaj Połujko Son
born 16 December 1914
Anna Kister née Połujko Daughter
Recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations:
17 January 1990
- Dymitr Połujko
- Irena Połujko née Zając
- Mikołaj Połujko
2003
- Anna Kister née Połujko
Help Was Extended to:
Miriam Herbstman
died June 1993
Tzipora Avtalion née Herbstman
born 1936 – died 31 August 2005
Story of Rescue
September 2010, Ewa Opawska
Miriam and Betzalel Herbstman lived in Krosno and were engaged in the iron trade business. Betzalel was a member of the Zionist movement and after the outbreak of World War II he joined the guerillas. Miriam with her only daughter Tzipora were imprisoned in the ghetto with other Krosno Jews.
They managed to escape and after several months of wandering around villages, found shelter in a house in a small village of Weglówka. Their hosts – the Połujko family – helped them and hid them despite Nazi searches until the liberation of the area in 1944.
In 1947, Miriam with her daughter immigrated to Palestine.