National Day of Remembrance for Poles who Rescued Jews – Gruszow, March 24th, 2021 On March 24th, 2021, on the National Day of Remembrance for Poles who Rescued Jews under the Nazi Occupation, in Gruszow (municipality of Raciechowice, Myślenice district) there will be ceremonies organized by the Governor of Małopolska Province, the IPN branch in Cracow and the local government of Raciechowice. After the solemn Holy Mass (at 12 o’clock), the memorial boulder commemorating the family of Aniela and Franciszek Szewczyk from Gruszów will be unveiled. During the German occupation, they hid four members of the Goldberg family on their farm in the autumn of 1941. Later, they also gave shelter to the Federgrün family. The Jews in hiding survived the war. In 1997 the Szewczyk couple…

Today, a delegation from the Jewish Religious Community in Krakow has laid flowers under the plaque commemorating the liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto.