Hanna Sawicka

Hanka Sawicka
Hanka Sawicka
	Portrait of Sawicka prior to 1939
Born	Hanna Krystyna Szapiro; December 19, 1917; Kraków, Grand Duchy of Kraków
Died	March 18, 1943 (aged 25); Serbia Prison, Warschau, General Government
Resting place	Powązki Military Cemetery
Alma mater	Free Polish University
Parents	Bernard Szapiro (father); Maria Ita Szapiro née Frendzel (mother);
Relatives	Stefan Kisielewski

Hanka Sawicka, real name Hanna Krystyna Szapiro, pseudonym Hanka (born 19 December 1917 in Kraków, died 18 March 1943 in Warsaw) was a Polish communist of Jewish background active in the Polish underground,^[1] represented in Polish People's Republic propaganda as the first leader of the Union of Youth Struggle.

^ Encyclopaedia Judaica. Encyclopaedia Judaica. 1996. p. 353. ISBN 978-965-07-0219-9. ..Hundreds of Jews were active in the Polish underground of Greater Warsaw , particularly Hanna Szapiro - Sawicka..

[1] Encyclopaedia Judaica. Encyclopaedia Judaica. 1996. p. 353. ISBN 978-965-07-0219-9. ..Hundreds of Jews were active in the Polish underground of Greater Warsaw , particularly Hanna Szapiro - Sawicka..

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Hanka Sawicka
Portrait of Sawicka prior to 1939
Born	Hanna Krystyna Szapiro (1917-12-19)December 19, 1917 Kraków, Grand Duchy of Kraków
Died	March 18, 1943(1943-03-18) (aged 25) Serbia Prison, Warschau, General Government
Resting place	Powązki Military Cemetery
Alma mater	Free Polish University
Parents	Bernard Szapiro (father) Maria Ita Szapiro née Frendzel (mother)
Relatives	Stefan Kisielewski