Julia Pępiak Explained

Julia Pępiak
Birth Date:21 September 1890
Birth Place:Bełżec (village), Poland)
Death Place:Śródborów (Otwock), Poland
Nationality:Polish
Known For:Holocaust rescue
Honours:Righteous Among the Nations

Julia Pępiak (21 September 1890  - 17 March 1971) was a Polish woman born in Bełżec.[1] She is one of the Righteous Among the Nations.[2] [3] [4]

Life

During World War II and the German occupation in Poland, for three years (from 1941) until liberation, she hid in Bełżec Jewish women: Salomea Helman and her daughter Bronia. After the Second World War, those rescued left Poland for Israel.

On December 27, 1999, Julia Pępiak received the title of Righteous Among the Nations awarded by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. She was buried at the Bródno Cemetery in Warsaw.[5]

Her son Zygmunt Pępiak became a Catholic priest, Franciscan, father Sebastian.

She is the main protagonist in the book "Righteous from Bełżec" by Antoni Madejski.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pępiak Julia. sprawiedliwi.org.pl.
  2. Web site: Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem by 1 January 2019 POLAND. Pepiak, Julia. 1999. yadvashem.org. 2 September 2019. 18 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170518232307/https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous-linked/statistics/poland.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Sprawiedliwi, czyli trzy historie z tysięcy. Przeczytaj fragment wyjątkowej książki Grzegorza Górnego!. wpolityce.pl. 2019-09-03.
  4. Web site: "I forgot about the terror, the fear and the consequences". The Story of Julia Pępiak. sprawiedliwi.org.pl.
  5. Web site: Sprawiedliwość po latach. niedziela.pl.