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Leokadia Jaromirska

Poland

Leokadia Jaromirska lived in the Warsaw suburb of Bialoleka. One morning in October 1942, while on her way to work with another woman, they heard the cries of children and saw a little girl and an eight-month-old baby abandoned near the fence of a convent. Years later she described how they picked the children up. Leokadia convinced the other woman to take the girls home with her. After work she hurried back to the other woman's home, where she found out that the woman had panicked and brought the older girl to the police station. Leokadia took the baby home with her.

Shifra with Leokadia Jaromirska
Shifra with Leokadia Jaromirska

Shifra with Leokadia Jaromirska
Shifra’s parents, Golda and Gershon Jonisz
Shifra’s parents, Golda and Gershon Jonisz

Shifra’s parents, Golda and Gershon Jonisz
Shifra with other orphaned Jewish children in Germany after the war
Shifra with other orphaned Jewish children in Germany after the war

Shifra with other orphaned Jewish children in Germany after the war
Shifra at the orphanage after the war
Shifra at the orphanage after the war

Shifra at the orphanage after the war
Shifra with her father, after the war
Shifra with her father, after the war

Shifra with her father, after the war
Shifra
Shifra

Shifra
Shifra in Israel with her father, his second wife and her son from a previous marriage
Shifra in Israel with her father, his second wife and her son from a previous marriage

Shifra in Israel with her father, his second wife and her son from a previous marriage
Shifra, aged 14 kibbutz Shaar HaGolan, where she lived all her adult life
Shifra, aged 14 kibbutz Shaar HaGolan, where she lived all her adult life

Shifra, aged 14 kibbutz Shaar HaGolan, where she lived all her adult life
Shifra (center) during her military service
Shifra (center) during her military service

Shifra (center) during her military service
Shifra with children and her first husband who fell during his reserve military service
Shifra with children and her first husband who fell during his reserve military service

Shifra with children and her first husband who fell during his reserve military service
Shifra (left) and Leokadia Jaromirska during her visit to Israel
Shifra (left) and Leokadia Jaromirska during her visit to Israel

Shifra (left) and Leokadia Jaromirska during her visit to Israel
Leokadia Jaromirska’s visit to Israel with Shifra’s children
Leokadia Jaromirska’s visit to Israel with Shifra’s children

Leokadia Jaromirska’s visit to Israel with Shifra’s children
Shifra (right) with Leokadia Jaromirska next to the tree planted in her honor at Yad Vashem
Shifra (right) with Leokadia Jaromirska next to the tree planted in her honor at Yad Vashem

Shifra (right) with Leokadia Jaromirska next to the tree planted in her honor at Yad Vashem
The convent where Shifra was left by her parents as a baby
The convent where Shifra was left by her parents as a baby

The convent where Shifra was left by her parents as a baby
Shifra visiting Majdanek, where her mother, Golda Jonisz, was killed
Shifra visiting Majdanek, where her mother, Golda Jonisz, was killed

Shifra visiting Majdanek, where her mother, Golda Jonisz, was killed
The tree in honor of Leokadia Jaromirska, Yad Vashem 2010
The tree in honor of Leokadia Jaromirska, Yad Vashem 2010

The tree in honor of Leokadia Jaromirska, Yad Vashem 2010
Shifra Kocer (center) with her family
Shifra Kocer (center) with her family

Shifra Kocer (center) with her family