Martin Gilbert quotes, "For Polish children playing there to discover groups of these Jews hiding: they had been taught to hate Jews, so they told the municipal authorities, who in turn handed the Jews over to the German to be killed." Just like most Germans, Polish children were brainwashed during this time period. They were taught to hate Jews without knowing the reason.
However, there were lots of people who were moral, who were able to determine what is right and wrong. For instance, Wladislaw Misiuna stole food for the ten Jewish girls who were working under his supervision in a rabbit-breeding farm belonging to the commander of an ammunition factory in the city. Also, Family of Andrzej Kolacz opened their small dwelling to Jews desperate to avoid deportation and death. The family continued to feed and protect those in hiding until the day of liberation; and Jan and Maria Wikiel took young Jewish people into their farm. One man quotes, "Jan and Maria risked their lives by bringing us food and emptying our chamber pot everyday.”
Although these people knew that they were risking their lives for Jews, they decided to risk their lives. There were attacks from Polish Hooligans daily, which shows that the living conditions were extremely horrible. Despite these living conditions, Polish people shared what tehy had with the Jews until the liberation.
Because of these righteous acts, Jews celebrate Polish people for their help during this time period. "More than five thousand Polish non-Jews being honoured for saving Jewish lives, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem received more than ten thousand notarized testimonies from those who were saved." Also, a survivor from the southern Polish town of Rzeszow, Henry Herzog, wrote from his home in the U.S: ‘I am alive today due to the courage of three Gentile Poles.”
Therefore, the Polish people's righteous was significant, which assisted thousands of Jews to live their lives until the present.
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