Julia Pępiak

Julia Pępiak
Born	21 September 1890 Bełżec (village), Poland)
Died	17 March 1971(1971-03-17) (aged 80) Śródborów (Otwock), Poland
Nationality	Polish
Known for	Holocaust rescue
Honours	Righteous Among the Nations

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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.^[4] 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.^[4] She was buried at the Bródno Cemetery in Warsaw.^[5]

Her son Zygmunt Pępiak became a Catholic priest, Franciscan, father Sebastian.^[5]

She is the main protagonist in the book "Righteous from Bełżec" by Antoni Madejski.^[4]

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Related articles by country: Rescue of the Danish Jews • Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust

References

^ "Pępiak Julia". sprawiedliwi.org.pl.
^ "Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem by 1 January 2019 POLAND. Pepiak, Julia. 1999" (PDF). yadvashem.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^ "Sprawiedliwi, czyli trzy historie z tysięcy. Przeczytaj fragment wyjątkowej książki Grzegorza Górnego!". wpolityce.pl. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ""I forgot about the terror, the fear and the consequences". The Story of Julia Pępiak". sprawiedliwi.org.pl.
^ ^a ^b "Sprawiedliwość po latach". niedziela.pl.