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Factfile about Mr. Roman Kalinowski, 3.1.78
In front of us is testimony from the Lady Sabina (?) Lebdovsky(?) who lives in Chicago, this testimony is backed up by Consul of Israel in the United States. Also in our possession is a letter from Miryam Kerlsbron who lives in Tel Aviv. Miriam is the sister of Lady Lebdovsky. These two testimonies tell the story of a the person who did much to save the lives of the above sisters during the German Conquest of Poland. According to their story, the rescuer arranger for Miryam Kerlsbron to leave the Ghetto(Warsaw), after-which he acquired Aryan papers for her and her sister. After this he helped them find jobs and when the situation became more dangerous and people began suspecting them, specifically Miriam because her Jewish looks did not mesh well with her Aryan papers, Mr. Roman Kalinowski briefed them and arranged a job for them in Germany. Miriam he sent to Berlin and her sister he took with him to Vienna, this because he also could not stay in Poland because his mother and sister began harassing him about helping Jews. In a later period when the Poles who Miriam lived with in Berlin also began suspecting her of being Jewish she fled Berlin to Vienna to be close to her sister and rescuer.
At the 2nd of January 1978, I obtained testimony from the Lady Miriam Kerlsbron. In her testimony she confirms all the details. In addition she detailed that Lady Lebdovsky who stayed with Mr. Roman Kalinowski, had a son. Although after the war they separated and she married a Jew named Bolslav Lebdovsky. With both her husband and son at 1960 she immigrated to the United States where they live to this day in Chicago and the son Vladmark Kalinowski in Los Angeles. During this time Roman Kalinowski died in Poland.
The lady Miriam Kerlsbron provided many details on the great assistance that the deceased provided her during the wartime period, her sister he met while she was at the market attempting to acquire food and since then he would prepare her food during any period she would leave the Ghetto for a few hours. After this he arranged for Miriam's escape (who he did not know before hand) and hid her and her sister in several locations. He provided food for them, warned them in face of danger and moved them from place to place. His sister for some reason claimed that she is [unreadable] and his mother harassed him with the threat of telling the Germans so he smuggled the sisters and himself to Germany as workers who were kidnapped as forced laborers. All this while taking upon himself great personal risk and not to receive any sort of reward. I suggest acknowledging the deceased Mr. Roman Kalinowski as a "Rightous Among the Nations" of the highest level and the medal to be given to his son. The son frequently visits Israel and his aunt Miriam frequently attempts to convince him to immigrate here. I suggest that the next opportunity he visits that he plant a tree in the name of his deceased father.
Provided by Elihau Junes
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Letter 2:
From Miriam Kerlsbron
To: Yad Vashem, Beit Vagan (a neighborhood in Jerusalem),Jerusalem
Re: Mr. Roman Kalinowski
I would like to plant a tree in the Boulevard of "The Righteous among the Nations" at Yad Vashem in memory of Mr. Roman Kalinowskifrom Warsaw, Poland.
Mr. Kalinowskiwas a noble man and saved me and my sister from the hands of the Nazis during their conquest of Poland, provided food and all other shortages for my entire family during our stay in Ghetto Warsaw. Later, he organized for me and my sister Aryan Papers and smuggled us out of the Ghetto and away from the danger, all while risking his life. He helped us find a place to work, until the situation got worse and the Germans and Poles suspected us of being Jewish. At this period, he transfered us from Poland, masquerading as our cousin and covering us at every location. Me he sent to Berlin and provided me with a job and my sister he took with himself to Vienna. When the Germans started suspecting me and tried persecuting me, I escaped to Vienna and to him and there he protected me and once more helped me find a job.
With these acts Mr. Kalinowskiwas our savior until the end of the war at 1945. During all this time, he never thought about himself during these noble acts.
I would like to note that Mr Kalinowskihas already died and his son currently lives in the U.S.A. I have his address in case of need.
I would like to examine the possibility of planting a tree and would thank you for giving me precise details on how this act is to be performed. In case more details are required, I would be glad to help you find them.
With great respect,
Miriam Kerlsbron.
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Letter 3:
From Miriam Kerlsbron
To Yad Vashem, Memory authority for the holocaust and bravery, Mt. Memroy, Jerusalem
Re: Roman Kalinowski (ז"ל means may his/her/their memory be a blessing) - Poland (1278)
I would like to celebrate/thank the council for commemorating the Righteous among the Nations (see wiki page) for the decision to give a token of gratitude for the his actions during the second World War.
Because the subject is deceased, here is the address of his son in the United States, to ship the token of approval:
Mr Val Kalinowski
In accordance with your request, my name before marriage was Zelazo.
