Commander's Cross for a 100-year-old Righteous
On May 5th, a hundred-year-old Righteous Among Nations from Kock, Leonarda Kazanecka, was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland. Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka from the Chancellory of the President of the Republic of Poland, Francis Barry Delongchamps the French ambassador, the mayor of Kock Tomasz Futera attended the ceremony.
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During the Nazi occupation of Poland Leonarda Kazanecka rescued 18-year-old Janek Grzebień and two runaways from the Łuków Ghetto. They all survived the war and emigrated to Israel. Jan Grzebień visited the Righteous in Kock after the war .
Leonarda Kazanecka and her husband Czeslaw received the "Righteous Among Nations" title in 2004.
