Benedykt Kraskowski

Benedykt Kraskowski
Born	1904 Biała Podlaska
Died	1944 (aged 39–40)
Cause of death	killed by Ukrainian nationalists
Nationality	POL Polish
Known for	saving Jews during WWII
Honours	Righteous Among the Nations

Benedykt Kraskowski (1904, Biała Podlaska, Poland – 1944), was a Polish "Righteous Among the Nations" of German descent, with Jews he employed in his carpentry workshop.

Kraskowski, who lived in Biala Podlaska, hid Jews and procured forged identity documents for them. For those in hiding who wished to join the partisans, he provided money and food.

Kraskowski was killed by Ukrainian nationalists in 1944.

On December 16, 1986, for saving Jews, he was posthumously recognized as a Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the highest honor given to a non-Jew.

Benedykt Kraskowski (on the left) with Jews from the ghetto: Mojsze Lichtenbojm (second from the left), Dzili Kajdenbaum (standing, fourth from the left), Jankel Brodacz (standing, sixth from the left), Icchak Kaner (standing, seventh from the left), Josef Edelsztajn (standing in the long row, ninth from the left), Szimszon Esztman (standing in the long row, second from the right), Mojsze Kajdenbaum (standing in the long row, on the right), Zilia Gutenberg and Hirsz Szulman (the pair of youths at the upper right -- left and right respectively), Cuker (on the right), Aszer Kajdenbaum (second from the right), and Jehoszua Kajdenbaum (lower left).

External links

• Benedykt Kraskowski, a Polish "Righteous Among the Nations"
• Dam im imię na wieki. Polacy z okolic Treblinki ratujący Żydów
• Benedykt Kraskowski – his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website