Gertruda Babilinska with Michael Stolovitzky, a Jewish boy she hid. [LCID: 00901]
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A rescuer with the Jewish boy she hid

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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