I. Leokadia Jaromirska
Leokadia Jaromirska lived in the Warsaw suburb of Bialoleka. 1942, while on her way to work with another woman, they heard the cries of children and saw a little girl and an eight-month-old baby abandoned near the fence of a convent. Leokadia convinced the other woman to take the girls home with her. After work she hurried back to the other woman 's home, where she found out that the woman had panicked and brought the older girl to the police station. Leokadia took the baby home with her. Leokadia’s husband, Bolek, had been arrested in 1940 and taken to Auschwitz as a political prisoner. Although she was barely able to make ends meet working in a factory, she decided to adopt the baby, she named her Bogusia, Jaromirska paid for a girl to look after little Bogusia while she was at work. She somehow managed to support herself and the child. As the Russians approached Leokadia was forced to evacuate. She took the child along and the two wandered from one place to another, constantly searching for food and for a place to sleep. Although conditions were terrible, Jarmoirska managed to protect the child from the dangers and the cold, and nursed her when she fell ill. When the war ended, Jaromirska 's husband Bolek returned from Auschwitz weak and exhausted. The couple returned to Bialoleka where they lived in a destroyed house and tried to return to normal life. In October 1945, Bogusia 's father, Gershon Jonisz managed to trace her and arrived at Jaromirsk 's home. He had survived the ghetto and camps, but his wife had been murdered in Majdanek. Somehow he found Jaromirska, and demanded to take the little girl with him. The idea broke Leokadia 's heart, and she pleaded with Jonisz to leave the child with her. Eventually she had to give in and was stricken with grief when the child left with her father. Bogusia, whose real name was Shifra Jonisz, immigrated to Israel with her father. Eleven years after they parted, Shifra began writing letters to Leokadia. However it was Shifra’s husband who enhanced the connection to her rescuer. Shifra and her husband Yoram Kocer had three children. It was the husband who began corresponding with Leokadia and asked her to fill in the gaps in his wife 's early childhood. It was through these letters, that Leokadia told the story of their life together. In November 1968 Jaromirska was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. Leokadia came and spent six weeks with Shifra and her family, and the two of them planted a tree in Leokadia 's honor in the Avenue of the Righteous at Yad Vashem. II. Monsignor Schivo In 1935 Paul and Johanna Korn and their daughter, Ursula, fled from Germany to Italy. When Italy entered the war in May 1940, Jews who had come to Italy after 1919 were arrested. Paul was sent to a camp while Johanna and Ursula were sent to Collazone. In 1941 they were transferred to Città di Castello and reunited with Paul. Before they left Collazone a local priest told them to get in touch with Father Beniamino Schivo should they need help. At his seminary, Father Schivo provided shelter, clothing, and food for the family as well as arrangements for Ursula to continue her schooling. In September 1943, with the beginning of the German occupation in Italy, Father Schivo moved the Korns to a summer villa owned by the Salesian nuns. As fighting intensified, Paul Korn joined an Italian partisan unit, and Father Schivo took Johanna and Ursula to the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Johanna and Ursula were given habits for disguise and hidden in a locked room. The Germans came soon after to search the convent and once again Father Schivo came to their rescue. He managed to get Johanna and Ursula out of the convent and to his seminary where he hid them in an upstairs room. Father Schivo cared for Johanna and Ursula until the British liberated the city. Three months later, when his partisan unit and the Allies had secured the zone
Leokadia Jaromirska lived in the Warsaw suburb of Bialoleka. 1942, while on her way to work with another woman, they heard the cries of children and saw a little girl and an eight-month-old baby abandoned near the fence of a convent. Leokadia convinced the other woman to take the girls home with her. After work she hurried back to the other woman 's home, where she found out that the woman had panicked and brought the older girl to the police station. Leokadia took the baby home with her. Leokadia’s husband, Bolek, had been arrested in 1940 and taken to Auschwitz as a political prisoner. Although she was barely able to make ends meet working in a factory, she decided to adopt the baby, she named her Bogusia, Jaromirska paid for a girl to look after little Bogusia while she was at work. She somehow managed to support herself and the child. As the Russians approached Leokadia was forced to evacuate. She took the child along and the two wandered from one place to another, constantly searching for food and for a place to sleep. Although conditions were terrible, Jarmoirska managed to protect the child from the dangers and the cold, and nursed her when she fell ill. When the war ended, Jaromirska 's husband Bolek returned from Auschwitz weak and exhausted. The couple returned to Bialoleka where they lived in a destroyed house and tried to return to normal life. In October 1945, Bogusia 's father, Gershon Jonisz managed to trace her and arrived at Jaromirsk 's home. He had survived the ghetto and camps, but his wife had been murdered in Majdanek. Somehow he found Jaromirska, and demanded to take the little girl with him. The idea broke Leokadia 's heart, and she pleaded with Jonisz to leave the child with her. Eventually she had to give in and was stricken with grief when the child left with her father. Bogusia, whose real name was Shifra Jonisz, immigrated to Israel with her father. Eleven years after they parted, Shifra began writing letters to Leokadia. However it was Shifra’s husband who enhanced the connection to her rescuer. Shifra and her husband Yoram Kocer had three children. It was the husband who began corresponding with Leokadia and asked her to fill in the gaps in his wife 's early childhood. It was through these letters, that Leokadia told the story of their life together. In November 1968 Jaromirska was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. Leokadia came and spent six weeks with Shifra and her family, and the two of them planted a tree in Leokadia 's honor in the Avenue of the Righteous at Yad Vashem. II. Monsignor Schivo In 1935 Paul and Johanna Korn and their daughter, Ursula, fled from Germany to Italy. When Italy entered the war in May 1940, Jews who had come to Italy after 1919 were arrested. Paul was sent to a camp while Johanna and Ursula were sent to Collazone. In 1941 they were transferred to Città di Castello and reunited with Paul. Before they left Collazone a local priest told them to get in touch with Father Beniamino Schivo should they need help. At his seminary, Father Schivo provided shelter, clothing, and food for the family as well as arrangements for Ursula to continue her schooling. In September 1943, with the beginning of the German occupation in Italy, Father Schivo moved the Korns to a summer villa owned by the Salesian nuns. As fighting intensified, Paul Korn joined an Italian partisan unit, and Father Schivo took Johanna and Ursula to the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Johanna and Ursula were given habits for disguise and hidden in a locked room. The Germans came soon after to search the convent and once again Father Schivo came to their rescue. He managed to get Johanna and Ursula out of the convent and to his seminary where he hid them in an upstairs room. Father Schivo cared for Johanna and Ursula until the British liberated the city. Three months later, when his partisan unit and the Allies had secured the zone