My+Great+Grandfather



A Hero to my Family This is based on a true story… My great-grandfather Joseph Jaskiewicz who was born and raised in Poland; he was hero to the Russian Jews. During his early twenties he portrayed a courageous young man that will always stand out in our family as a hero and will be remembered as a selfless person. After the Bolshevik Revolution, he helped Russian Jews cross over the Russian border into Poland. This was the start of World War II when the Jews were told by the Russians to stop practicing their own religion. The Russian Jews were forced out of their homes and put into concentration camps by the Soviet Union leader of Russia, Joseph Stalin. While helping the Jews cross the border into Poland the Russians saw my great-grandfather and started shooting at them. My great-grandfather ending up getting shot in the left hand and lost feeling to his hand also, he could not bend his pinky for the rest of his life. Even though I never met him I feel he is the most heroic person in my family. Not only did he save the Russian Jews he saved his family as well. He saved his family from the long World War II. My grandfather which is my Mom’s Dad; they came here from Poland as immigrants and lived off nothing until they made something. My great-grandfather has gone down in history with my family for his heroic actions and I truly and sincerely see him as my hero for the deeds he has done throughout his lifetime.

Sara Bardsley