Given name: Józef Family name: Kolasiński

A Pole. Helped the Berlinger family and some other families, refugees from Rypin by bringing them food from time to time. After some time bought a part of Berlinger's fortune paying an honest, high price. In 1961 invited to Israel by an association (landmannschaft) of people from Rypin. Got the medal 'Righteous among the Nations' from the Yad Vashem. Planted a tree on the mountain of memory in Jerusalem. In Tel-Aviv, in a Yad Vashem office he wrote down his testimony about contracts and aid given to Jews during the occupation.