Helena, Ignazy & Cezary Chorazyczewski
Poland

Abram Kashtan escaped from the Sarno Ghetto and fled into the countryside. Remembering that his father had done business with the Chorazyczewskis, he ran 25 kilometers to their farm. He asked for shelter telling of the death of his family in a Concentration Camp. For the next year he hid in their barn. To sustain Abram, the Chorazyczewski family provided food and water cleverly hidden in the false bottom of garbage cans.

Though they were out in a rural area, life became increasingly dangerous for the rescuers as well as the rescued. Helena and Ignazy left the farm with their younger children. Their eldest son, Cezary, led Abram and two other Jewish boys safely across the occupied territory. Three days later the farm that had been a refuge was burned to the ground.

After WWII Helena left the many problems and privations of post war Europe and moved to Michigan. For the rest of his life, Abram called Helena, "MAMA."