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55 Tears Later

From the pages of The Jewish News
for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50

years ago.

HMC righteous gentile is reunited with her "brothers."

ESTHER ALLWEISS TSCHIRHART
Copy Editor

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The Dudzik family located the
Allweiss brothers this winter via the
Internet when Barbara Rzeznik, Anya's
niece in Chicago, did a search of the
Allweiss name.
Anya recalled being told, "I found
in the Internet your brother, two
brothers [referring to Sol and Zygie]
that live near your house. Zygie will
call you."
Her reaction was joyful. After 55
years — since 1944 — she would be

ranciszka Anya Olszewska
of Detroit will be recog-
nized as a righteous gentile
for her acts of courage dur-
ing the Holocaust in Poland. She will
receive the Righteousness Award at
the Holocaust Memorial Center's 15th
anniversary dinner on Sunday, Oct.
10, in Detroit.
Zygie and Sol
Allweiss were 12 and
13, respectively, when
the war began. They
met Olszewska's family,
the Dudziks, in 1943,
when they went to
their home in
Chajkowa, Poland, to
ask for food. Chajkowa
is a few miles from
Jaslany, where Sol and
Zygie grew up.
The Dudzik par-
ents knew the boys'
Shown at the 50th anniversary party for Zygie and Irma
father Jacob
Allweiss in June are, from left, Erica Davis of Ann Arbor,
Allweiss, a horse
Zygie's granddaughter; Zygie; Anya Olszewska of Detroit;
trader, from before
and Sol Allweiss.
the war. He would
buy horses from vil-
lage farmers to sell
reunited with the boys their family
at market. The Dudziks also walked to
had protected in Poland. (Zygie and
the church in Jaslany.
Sol stayed in hiding with the Dudziks
The Allweisses, like the Dudziks,
during 1943-44. Being near their ages,
were a family with nine children; only
Anya
and her sisters would play with
Sol and Zygie survived. Of her own sib-
them
as
well as serve them, and came
lings, Olszewska, 68, who now prefers
to
regard
them as their "brothers.")
to use her middle name of Anya, has sis-
At the fi .st meeting, with Zygie
ters Wladka (Lottie) Rzeznik and Helen
only in the Polonia restaurant in
Hajnas living in Chicago, and two sis-
Hamtramck in late winter, Anya
ters and two brothers in Poland. Two
introduced him to her daughters
more sisters are deceased.
Ursula and Janina. Everyone smiled
Anya and her late husband
and
cried, said Anya, because "we
Stanislaw moved to Detroit in 1986,
were
very happy."
joining their daughter Janina Servin
A
second gathering in Anya's home
and her family. Stanislaw, who
took
place
a few weeks later with
worked in an auto factory, passed
Zygie and his wife Irma, and Sol and
away four years ago. Besides Janina
his wife Frieda. Anya's son Boguslaw
in Troy, Anya's children are Ursula
and sister Lottie were there, too.
Czachor of Romeo, Boguslaw
Since then, just like families
Olszewska of Hamtramck and Heidi
everywhere,
the Allweisses and Anya
Olszewska of Arizona; she also has
and
her
family
talk on the phone
10 grandchildren.

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and get together. "Every time they
come here to my home, we are very
happy we're together in the United
States," said Anya.
They enjoy talking about old
times. Sol still speaks very good
Polish, Anya said, better than Zygie.
Anya remembered Zygie and Sol
as being "nice boys" back when she
and her siblings took turns bringing
food and water to them in hiding.
Her parents simply told their
children that "two brothers are
z7: staying at our house."
Anya said the family knew the
danger they faced in helping the
boys, but wouldn't have done

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1989

A fund was established to help
Jewish individuals and organiza-
tions that suffered when Hurricane
Hugo hit Charleston, S.C.
Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
was accepted as the 35th member
organization of the World Jewish
Congress United States Section.

1979

Jacob Timerman, former editor and
publisher of the Buenos Aires daily
La Opinion, arrived in Israel follow-
ing 29 months of prison and house
arrest in Argentina.
The Lubavitch Youth Organiza-
tion set up a sukka at the Isaiah Wall
opposite the United Nations.

1989

Mrs. Pearl Nosan was chosen to be
chairman of the upcoming Israel
Bond Action Day.
Dr. Robert R. Luby, divisional
director of the physical education
department of the Detroit Public
Schools, was elected vice chairman
of the Wayne County Council on
Smoking and Health.

1959

olo4"
remember
vivors
Sol Allweiss,

Sandor Davis, Gis
Jeffrey Garton, &he
Erna Gorman, Harry,
Goldie Kalib, Agnes
Kuhn, Agnes Lugosi, Freda
Magnus, Paula Marks Bolton,
Paul Molnar, Sam Offen, Irene
Petrinitz, Rose Pilcowitz, Saul
Rainii, Max Rothschild, Agatha
Rubin, Rochelle Sable, Mania
Salinger, Leslie Schey, Felicia
Shioss, Perry Shulman, 'Walter
Stark, George Vine, Harry
Weinstein, Regina Weiss and
George Zeff.

Minoru Yamasaki, a leading
Japanese architect, has been
engaged to design the new sanctu-
ary and addition to the North
Shore Congregation in Glencoe, Ill
Attorney and humorist Aaron
Rosenberg, past president of Pisg
Lodge, will present an evening "A
La Sholem Aleichem" for the next
lodge meeting at the Hayim
Greenberg Center.

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1949

The Federal Communications
Commission moved to schedule a
hearing for the renewal of radio sta
tion licenses, including WJR
Detroit, of G.A. Richards, who hw
been accused of promoting anti-
Semitic broadcasts.
A meeting was scheduled at the
Vatican to discuss the internationa
ization of Jerusalen -i.

—Compiled by Sy Manell
editorial assistai