Yad Vashem Posthumously Honors Stanisław and Regina Świda as Righteous Among the Nations from Poland

22 March 2012

On Thursday, March 22, 2012, Yad Vashem held a ceremony posthumously honoring Stanisław and Regina Świda of Poland, as Righteous Among the Nations. Their granddaughter Małgorzata-Ana Gronek, accepted the medal and certificate of honor on her grandparents' behalf. The event took place in the presence Ms. Urszula Jurczyńska, Counselor of the Polish Embassy, survivor Dr. Avraham Horowitz, family and friends.

A memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance was held followed by the awarding of the medal and certificate in the Synagogue at Yad Vashem.

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Holocaust survivor Dr. Avraham Horowitz's with his family and Malgorzata-Ana Gronek, granddaughter of Righteous Among the Nations Stanislaw and Regina Swida

Medal and certificate in honor of Righteous Among the Nations Stanislaw and Regina Swida

Member of the Commission for the designation of the Righteous Dr. Ehud Loeb presenting the medal and certificate of honor to Malgorzata-Ana Gronek along with the director of the Righteous department, Irena Steinfeldt, at the Synaogue in Yad Vashem

Malgorzata-Ana Gronek and Irena Steinfeldt

Malgorzata-Ana Gronek with a portrait of her late grandmother, Righteous Among the Nations Regina Swida

Holocaust survivor Dr. Avraham Horowitz speaks during the ceremony

Dr. Avraham Horowitz and Dr. Ehud Loeb at the Garden of the Righteous

The names of Righteous Among the Nations Stanislaw and Regina Swida on the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous