Claim: Krystyna Dańko, who was awarded the title of Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1998, helped hide the Kokoszkos and became a liaison between the family and their youngest child whom she placed in a Polish orphanage.
Evidence: Krystyna Dańko, née Chłond (9 July 1917 – 6 August 2019), was a Polish orphan from the town of Otwock, daughter of Karol Chłond – a respected city official in prewar Poland – who was awarded the title of Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1998, for saving the lives of Polish Jews during the Holocaust while risking her own life at the time of the Nazi German occupation of Poland. After the Kokoszkos' successful escape from the ghetto, Krystyna helped to hide them, including the father, mother and Helena (Lusia), in a secret location at a nearby village. Krystyna became the liaison between the family and their youngest child, delivering messages and information back and forth. She took the youngest daughter, age 6, on a train to the capital, where the girl was placed in a Polish orphanage in Warsaw under an assumed name.