Yad Vashem Honors Jerzy Ponczyński
On Sunday December 11, Yad Vashem held a ceremony honoring Jerzy Ponczynski as Righteous Among the Nations. On behalf of late rescuer the medal was accepted by his children.
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It was at the beginning of 1942 when Jerzy Ponczyński met Ita Zabara, whom he saved, for the first time. She jumped from the train caryring Jews to Babi Jar, a place of a mass execution, and asked a man for help.
Jerzy hid Ita in the basement, keeping her concealed from his parents. Later on he found her a hiding-place in his aunt’s house. When denouncements began to spread, Ita and Jerzy fled. They spent the remainder of the war wandering and married after liberation.
