![Gertruda Babilinska with Michael Stolovitzky, a Jewish boy she hid. [LCID: 00901]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/521ddea8-b238-448f-a258-bbaed8519186.jpg)
Gertruda Babilinska with Michael Stolovitzky, a Jewish boy she hid. Yad Vashem recognized her as Righteous Among the Nations. Vilna, 1943.
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