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Portrait of Anna Wachalska, who has been recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 99037
Portrait of Anna Wachalska, who has been recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.

Portrait of Anna Wachalska, who has been recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.

Date
Circa 1943
Locale
Warsaw, Poland
Variant Locale
Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Designation
RESCUERS & RESCUED -- Poland
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum)

About This Photograph

Biography
Anna Wachalska, a Polish woman with connections to the Polish socialist underground, who, together with her sister, Maria Sawicka, willingly assisted the Jewish underground in Warsaw during the German occupation. She sheltered many Jews and facilitated communication between different partisan groups. She was the protector of Feigele Peltel, providing her with the alias of her deceased daughter, Stanislawa, and rescuing her from jail with a well placed bribe. Wachalska was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1964.

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum)
Copyright: Agency Agreement
Source Record ID: 24647
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Benjamin (Miedzyrzecki) Meed
 
Record last modified: 2003-09-12 00:00:00
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