Stories of rescue

  Story of rescue

Rescuers

  • Bolesław Brejna, mąż
    born 17 May 1873
    died 5 August 1944 in Warszawa (mazowieckie)
  • Władysława Brejna, Żona
    born 17 May 1878
    died 1964
  • Stanisława Lucyna Brejna, córka
    born 25 November 1922
  • Zofia Brejna, córka
    born 20 September 1904
    died 1978
  • Kazimierz Brejna, syn
    born 7 July 1906
    died 5 August 1944 in Warszawa (mazowieckie)
  • Tadeusz Brejna, syn
    born 28 July 1914
  • Stefania Brejna née Piątyńska
    born 27 April 1907
    died 1980

Recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations:

    10 June 1982
    • Bolesław Brejna
    • Władysława Brejna
    • Zofia Brejna
    • Tadeusz Brejna
    • Stefania Brejna née Piątyńska
    1982
    • Stanisława Lucyna Brejna
    • Kazimierz Brejna

Hiding

  • Hinc
  • Julian Eisenman
  • Stefania Eisenman
  • Teofila Wawrzyniak née Raszbaum-Hass
    born 5 October 1937

Hiding place

  • Warszawa
     

The Brejna Family

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Story of Rescue - The Brejna Family

Władysława and Bolesław Brejna spent the Nazi occupation in Warsaw at 24/38 Grójecka Street. They had a son, Tadeusz, and two daughters - Lucyna and Zofia. In their flat at Grójecka Street they were hiding   5-year-old girl named Teofila Raszbaum-Hass. They also obtained fake documents: one with the name Czajkowski for a Jew called Hinc, and the other with the names Stefania and Julian Kępskis for the Eisenman couple. 

Magdalena Leszczyńska, November 2016

Other Stories of Rescue in the Area

Bibliography

  • Archiwum Żydowskiego Instytutu Historycznego, 349, 84
  • Gutman Israel red. nacz., Księga Sprawiedliwych wśród Narodów Świata, Ratujący Żydów podczas Holocaustu
  • Grynberg Michał, Księga Sprawiedliwych

    The lexicon includes the stories of Poles honoured with the title of Righteous Among the Nations in the years 1963-1989. The list of entries is preceded by a preface by Icchak Arad and Chaim CheferThe Righteous of the World.