Wartime Rescue of Jews by the Polish Catholic Clergy

Resurrectionists (Zgromadzenie Zmartwychwstania Pana Naszego Jezusa Chrystusa (CR)—zmartwychwstańcy): Międzyrzecz Podlaski, Nowy Sącz or Kraków, Warsaw.
Salesians (The Salesian Society, The Society of St. Franicis de Sales) (Towarzystwo św. Franciszka Salezego (SDB)—salezjanie): Częstochowa, Głosków neat Warsaw, Lwów, Przemyśl, Supraśl, Warsaw (three institutions).
Vincentians (Missionaries of St. Vincent de Paul) (Zgromadzenie Księży Misjonarzy św. Wincentego à Paulo (CM)—misjonarze): Kraków, Lwów, Tarnów, Warsaw (various priest).
Polish Roman Catholic Priests and Nuns

Recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations”

by Yad Vashem,

Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Authority
As of January 1, 2016, Yad Vashem bestowed the distinction of “Righteous Among the Nations” on 6,620 Poles, who form the single largest national group honoured by that institution.⁶¹¹ (In total, 26,119 persons have been officially recognized as “Righteous Gentiles”.) The vast majority of Poles who extended assistance to Jews have not received any recognition, and in many cases their Jewish benefactors severed contact with them.⁶¹² Among the Poles recognized by Yad Vashem are seventy members of the Roman Catholic clergy (of the Latin rite), including twenty-seven priests and forty-three nuns. Proportionally, in relation to their numbers, the Polish clergy has been awarded more often than the Catholic clergy of most other occupied countries,⁶¹³ this despite their own incomparably greater persecution by the Germans than the clergy of other occupied counties. The representation of Catholic clergy overall among the “Righteous” exceeds that of the Protestant and Orthodox clergy by far.
Polish Priests Recognized by Yad Vashem

1. 
   Wojciech Bartosik [2014] (Wawrzeńczyce near Kraków)
   
2. 
   Brunon Boguszewski [1978] (Kraków)
   

-- [Antoni Bradło, not then yet a priest⁶¹⁴]

3. 
   Stanisław Falkowski [1993] (Piekuty Nowe near Białystok)
   
4. 
   Mikołaj Ferenc [2013] (Capuchin until 1943, Markowa near Podhajce)
   
5. 
   Władysław Głowacki [1982] (Warsaw)
   
6. 
   Marceli Godlewski [2009] (Warsaw)
   
7. 
   Józef Gorajek [1989] (Wąwolnica near Lublin)
   
8. 
   Antoni Kania [2013] (Huta Nowa near Monasterzyska)
   
9. 
   Michał Kubacki [1997] (Salesian, Warsaw)
   
10. 
    Albin Małysiak [1993] (Kraków, now a bishop)
    
11. 
    Stanisław Mazak [1984] (Szczurowice near Radziechów)
    
12. 
    Aleksander Osiecki [1990] (Brzeźnica near Dębica)
    
13. 
    Andrzej Osikowicz [1995] (sometimes spelled Osikiewicz, Borysław)
    
14. 
    Jan Patrzyk [1979] (Lipinki near Gorlice)
    
15. 
    Jan Pawlicki [1969] (Zborów)
    
16. 
    Jan Poddębniak [1986] (Krężnica Jara near Lublin)
    
17. 
    Jan Raczkowski [2012] (vicar, Otwock near Warsaw)
    
18. 
    Jan Sielewicz [2000] (Worniany near Wilno)
    
19. 
    Adam Skałbania [2006] (Salesian, Głosków near Warsaw)
    
20. 
    Franciszek Smorczewski [1979] (Stolin, Polesie or Polesia)
    

-- [Witold Stolarczyk, not then yet a priest⁶¹⁵]

21. 
    Adam Sztark [2001] (Jesuit, Słonim)
    
22. 
    Witold Szymczukiewicz [1966] (Rukojnie near Wilno)
    
23. 
    Ludwik Wolski [2008] (pastor, Otwock near Warsaw)
    
24. 
    Ludwik Wrodarczyk [2000] (Oblate of Mary Immaculate, Okopy, Volhynia)
    
25. 
    Mieczysław Zawadzki [2007] (Będzin)
    
26. 
    Jan Zawrzycki [2007] (Rymanów near Krosno)
    
27. 
    Ignacy Życiński [1993] (sometimes spelled Życzyński, Trójca near Zawichost)
    

Polish Nuns Recognized by Yad Vashem

1. 
   Irena Adamek [1984] (Sister Małgorzata, Dominican Sister, Kolonia Wileńska near Wilno)
   
2. 
   Euzebia Bartkowiak [2002] (Sister of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Mir)
   
3. 
   Stanisława Bednarska [1984] (Sister Stefania, Dominican Sister, Kolonia Wileńska near Wilno)
   
4. 
   Irena Bielawska [1983] (Mother Superior Maria Honorata, Felician Sister, Przemyśl)
   
5. 
   Anna Borkowska [1984] (born Janina Siestrzewitowska, Sister Bertranda, Dominican Sister, Kolonia Wileńska near Wilno)
   
6. 
   Helena Chmielewska [2014] (Sister Helena, Franciscan Sister of the Family of Mary, Podhajce near Brzeżany)
   
7. 
   Genowefa Czubak [1980] (formerly Sister Dolorosa, Missionary Sister of the Holy Family, Prużana)
   
8. 
   Aleksandra Drzewiecka [1992] (Wilno)
   
9. 
   Helena Frąckiewicz [1984] (Sister Diana, Dominican Sister, Kolonia Wileńska near Wilno)
   
10. 
    Bronisława Galus [2001] (Sister Róża, Sister Servant of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived, Turkowice near Hrubieszów)
    
11. 
    Wanda Garczyńska [1983] (Sister Wanda, Sister of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Warsaw)
    
12. 
    Matylda Getter [1985] (Mother Matylda, Franciscan Sister of the Family of Mary, Warsaw)
    
13. 
    Maria Stefania Górska [1997] (Sister Andrzeja, Ursuline Sister of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, Warsaw)
    
14. 
    Anna Grenda [1986] (Sister Ligoria, Sister Servant of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Przemyśl)
    
15. 
    Bronisława Hryniewicz [1994] (Mother Beata, Daughter of the Purest Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Skórzec near Siedlce)
    
16. 
    Kornelia Jankowska [2013] (Sister Kornelia, Sister of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Under the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Help of the Faithful, Suchedniów near near Skarżysko-Kamienna)
    
17. 
    Bronisława Jaroszyńska [1981] (Sister Klara, Franciscan Sister Servant of the Cross, Laski near Warsaw)
    
18. 
    Stanisława Jóźwikowska [1994] (Sister Stanisława, Daughter of the Purest Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Skórzec near Siedlce)
    
19. 
    Leokadia Juśkiewicz [1986] (Sister Longina, Sister Servant of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Przemyśl)
    
20. 
    Aniela Kędzierska [2015] (Sister Celina, Franciscan Sister of the Family of Mary, Sambor)
    
21. 
    Janina Kierocińska [1992] (Mother Teresa, Carmelite Sister of the Infant Jesus, Sosnowiec)
    
22. 
    Aniela Kotowska [1983] (Sister Klara, Felician Sister, Przemyśl)
    
23. 
    Zofia Liszka [2015] (Sister Serapiona, Sisters Servants of the Virgin Mother of God Immaculately Conceived, Dominikowice)
    
24. 
    Bogumiła Makowska [1993] (Sister Zofia, Franciscan Missionary Sister of Mary, Zamość)
    
25. 
    Halina Małkiewicz [1981] (Sister Ludwika, Sister of St. Elizabeth, Otwock)
    
26. 
    Kazimiera Małolepszy [1992] (Sister Madeleine, Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Flers, Orne, France)
    
27. 
    Antonina Manaszczuk [1989] (Sister Irena, Sister Servant of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived, Turkowice near Hrubieszów)
    
28. 
    Stanisława Marciniak [1987] (Sister Gertruda, Mother Superior, Sister of St. Elizabeth, Otwock)
    
29. 
    Maria Mikulska [1974] (Sister Benedykta, Benedictine Sister, Wilno)
    
30. 
    Joanna Mistera [1985] (Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Ignaców near Mińsk Mazowiecki)
    
31. 
    Maria Neugebauer [1984] (Sister Imelda, Dominican Sister, Kolonia Wileńska near Wilno)
    
32. 
    Maria Ostreyko [1984] (Sister Jordana, Dominican Sister, Kolonia Wileńska near Wilno)
    
33. 
    Józefa Pawłowska [2014] (Sister Vita, Albertine Sister, Częstochowa)
    
34. 
    Maria Pietkiewicz [2004] (Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Kamionek in Warsaw)
    
35. 
    Aniela Polechajłło [1989] (Sister Stanisława, Sister Servant of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived, Turkowice near Hrubieszów)
    
36. 
    Johanna Reiter [1986] (Sister Zygmunta, Felician Sister, Wawer near Warsaw)
    
37. 
    Marianna Reszko [1985] (Sister Marcjanna, Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Ignaców near Mińsk Mazowiecki)
    
38. 
    Józefa Romansewicz [1989] (Sister Hermana, Sister Servant of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived, Turkowice near Hrubieszów)
    
39. 
    Adela Rosolińska [2013] (Sister Serafia, Sister of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Under the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Help of the Faithful, Suchedniów near Skarżysko-Kamienna)
    
40. 
    Maria Janina Roszak [1984] (Sister Cecylia, Dominican Sister, Kolonia Wileńska near Wilno)
    
41. 
    Rozalia Domicella Sidełko [1986] (Sister Bernarda, Sister Servant of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Przemyśl)
    

-- Maria Siwek [2002] (tertiary, Brzączowice)

42. 
    Julia Sosnowska [1996] (Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Warsaw)
    

-- Jadwiga Urbańczyk [2002] (tertiary, Brzączowice)

43. 
    Eugenia Wąsowska-Renot [1980] (formerly Sister Alfonsa, Sister Servant of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Przemyśl)
    
44. 
    Bronisława Wilemska [1995] (Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Kraków and Szczawnica)
    
45. 
    Helena Zienowicz [1992] (Sister of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wilno)