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Born in 1913, Eugene Lazowski had just finished medical school when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939.
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Dr. Eugene Lazowski

Dr. Eugene Lazowski, also known as "the Polish Schindler" is a hero of the Holocaust who risked his life saving thousands of Jews in Poland. When the Germans invaded Poland Lazowski was a young man who had just finished medical school and was a soldier in the Polish army. His focus was on medical care, and during much of the conflict he worked for the Polish Red Cross in the town of Rozwadow. As a Catholic, Lazowski risked death at the hands of the Nazis for helping his Jewish neighbors on multiple occasions.

Lazowski provided medical care for his Jewish neighbors in Rozwadow. The area had devised a system where if a Jewish resident needed medical assistance they would hang a rag on Lazowski's fence and then Lazowski would make a house-call to their residence under the cover of darkness. Lazowski's medical oath required him to help people in need and his moral fiber compelled him to not think of race or religion when providing medical assistance. In order to avoid having his Jewish neighbors and friends shipped off to Nazi concentratio

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In 2019, the journalist Barbara Necek directed In Search of the Polish Schindler, a fascinating documentary that retraced the story of Eugene Lazowski, a savior of Poles during the Second World War, who was transformed by an enduring legend into a savior of Jews. For K., she looks back at the genesis of her film, going behind the scenes of its shooting and the tale of a historical fake news story that has continued to captivate audiences.

Born in Austria to Polish parents who had fled Communism in 1973, I was lucky enough to grow up with a wonderful family story.

My paternal grandmother, Maryja Necek, whom I never knew, hid a young Jewish woman for more than a year at the risk of her own life and that of her family in war-torn Poland. Having escaped from a train bound for Auschwitz, the young woman had found refuge in the family home in Klaj, a small village 30 kilometers from Krakow, in the Polish countryside. During the day, Lusia stayed hidden in a small room in the attic which she left in the evening to have dinner with the family. Even my grandfather,