Dziurzyńska Maria (Hrabyk)

Righteous

Maria Dziurzynska at Yad Vashem, 29.05.1987

Kubiczek, Edward Hrabyk-Dziurzyńska, Maria From mid-1943 until Krakow’s liberation, Edward Kubiczek and Maria Dziurzyńska, who were active in the Krakow branch of Zegota (the Council for Aid to Jews), provided Jews with forged documents which Kubiczek, a forger, printed in his apartment. In time, Kubiczek became adept at providing each refugee with the appropriate documents depending on his address, profession and job. Kubiczek himself lived under an assumed identity, in order to escape detection, and refused to take on a job in order to devote himself single-mindedly to his rescue work. Kubiczek’s work was made easier by Maria Dziurzyńska, a clerk at the local Labor Exchange (Arbeitsamt), who fearlessly supplied Zegota with blank documents and work permits bearing an official stamp, thereby obviating the need for Jews to appear before the authorities. In her subsequent testimony, Dziurzyńska stated: “If my boss had ever thought to check the contents of my drawer, I would have been sent to a place from which there was no return…” On January 22, 1981, Yad Vashem recognized Edward Kubiczek and Maria Hrabyk (née Dziurzyńska) as Righteous Among the Nations.