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Hanka Sawicka | |
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Born | Hanna Krystyna Szapiro December 19, 1917 |
Died | March 18, 1943 | (aged 25)
Resting place | Powązki Military Cemetery |
Alma mater | Free Polish University |
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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.
..Hundreds of Jews were active in the Polish underground of Greater Warsaw , particularly Hanna Szapiro - Sawicka..