Recipients - Person - Instytut Pileckiego
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- Helena Vargová
awarded
Helena Vargová
(1891–1974)The Kežmarok house was a unique location for Polish couriers and refugees: they could rest and recuperate there, eat a meal, or obtain necessary assistance.
- Zinaida Giergiel z d. Radczuk (1912—1989)
awarded
Zinaida Giergiel z d. Radczuk (1912—1989)
Zinaida Giergiel suspected that after being chased out of their homes and suffering from hunger, the Poles would attempt to return to their farms. She was able to warn polish family that a unit of the OUN/UPA was waiting for them in the house.
- Jozef Lach (1905–1993)
awarded
Jozef Lach (1905–1993)
One night in October 1939, four men knocked on the door of Jozef and Žofia Lach’s home in Poprad, Slovakia. They came from the nearby Tatra Mountains, from occupied Poland.
