Jan Roscizewski, Stefania Wiluszynska Calow, & Janina Wiluszynska Maciuba
Poland

In 1942 Shalom Brayer and Jan were teenage classmates in a small Polish town. In the face 'of considerable uncertainty regarding their welfare, and placing a great deal of trust in his schoolmate, Shalom requested assistance in finding a hiding place for his family of four. Jan was equally uncertain as to whether he could trust some of his neighbors to be acceptant of sheltering Jews in the house of his parents. As an alternative Jan found an underground storage area. He brought food for the Brayer family.

Since doing this task all alone might arouse suspicion, Jan enlisted the help of his teenage cousins, Stefania and Janina. After ten days on his own, they shared the burden of preparing and bringing the food. All this was done with the full knowledge of the youths' parents. However, the planning and execution of their rescue effort was carried out by the young people.

The Brayer family was sheltered successfully for six weeks. They then connected with an underground group and left to be on their own. They survived the war and went on to live in Israel.