The Bochenek Family
Bronisław Bochenek Husband
born 1913 in Kraków (małopolskie) – died August 1973 in Warszawa (mazowieckie)
Maria Bochenek née Iwańska Wife
born 29 November 1912 in Stary Sambor (inne) – died 1985
Recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations:
28 February 1985
- Bronisław Bochenek
- Maria Bochenek née Iwańska
Help Was Extended to:
Dawid Riesel
died 1970
Felicja Riesel
Lea Riesel
Józef Feldman
born 1 August 1899 in Przemyśl (podkarpackie) – died 16 June 1946 in Kraków (małopolskie)
Zuzanna Hartman, primo voto Głowiczower, née Tenenbaum
Bronisław Buras
Gośliccy
Janusz Goślicki Son
Story of Rescue
September 2010, Wirtualny Sztetl
During the Nazi occupation Maria and Bronisław Bochenek lived in Lviv. Maria started helping Jews as early as in July 1941, when the Ukrainian massacre of the Jewish population took place in the city. Among other things she passed her own birth certificate to Zuzanna Tenenbaum. Later the Bocheneks departed for Warsaw, where they procured false documents for and hid in their apartment the following people: Lea and Dawid Riesl with their six-year-old daughter Felicja. The little girl was hidden in the convent on Kazimierzowska Street. The Bochenek couple also offered their help to prof. Józef Feldman from Cracow as well as to three other persons of Jewish origin.