Recipients - Person - Instytut Pileckiego
See also
- Žofia Lachová (1907–1979)
awarded
Žofia Lachová (1907–1979)
The courage and selflessness of Žofia and Jozef Lach helped save many Poles and ensured that the transit route to Poland was in use until almost the end of the war.
- 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.
- Rudolf Haunschmied (1966)
awarded
Rudolf Haunschmied (1966)
As a six-year-old boy growing up near Gusen, Rudolf Haunschmied learned that during the Second World War the village had been the location of a German Nazi concentration camp.
