Draft:Erwina Barzychowska

Erwina Barzychowska
Born(1929-10-16)October 16, 1929
Danzig
DiedOctober 20, 1939(1939-10-20) (aged 10)
Danzig
Known forthe youngest victim of the Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig and the first child victim of World War II in Gdańsk.

Erwina Barzychowska (born October 16, 1929 in Danzig, died October 20, 1939 in Danzig) – Polish child, victim of Nazi Germans, participant in the defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig against the Nazi Germans. She was the youngest victim of the attack[1], and the first child victim of World War II in Gdańsk[2][3].

Defenders of the Polish Post after the capitulation. Picture of the courtyard where the Germans set Erwina Barzychowska on fire.
  1. ^ britishpoles.uk 10-year-old Erwina Barzychowska: A tragic symbol of German brutality in WW2
  2. ^ Salon.24, Dziewczynka z tutką i anioły, nie licząc misia
  3. ^ Strefa historii, Położą misia spalonej Erwince Barzychowskiej