The Reich and Mikołajków families from Dębica in the face of the Shoah
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https://doi.org/10.15633/pch.15217Keywords:
family studies, Polish family, Jewish family, Shoah, Righteous Among the NationsAbstract
The aim of the research was to show the history of the Jewish Reich family hiding during World War II with the Polish Mikołajków family on Kościuszko street in Dębica, in the light of biographical accounts and previous studies, and to present the negative and positive conditions for helping a family by another family in a situation of direct threat to the lives of members of both families. The biographical method was used in the writing of the article. Examining a fragment of the history of two families from a biographical perspective allowed for a better understanding of individual fates against the background of historical events.
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