Recipients - Person - Instytut Pileckiego
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- Peter Fraser (1884-1950) Janet Fraser (1888-1945)
awarded
Peter Fraser (1884-1950) Janet Fraser (1888-1945)
In the autumn of 1944, the troopship USS General George M. Randall was moored at the coast of New Zealand, carrying 733 Polish children – mostly orphans – and their guardians.
- Oksana Karpiuk (1892-?)
awarded
Oksana Karpiuk (1892-?)
Oksana found the children at nightfall. She hid not only the youngest members of the Polish family at her home, but also the elderly – the parents and the grandmother.
- 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.
