Roza Robota

Roza Robota
Photograph from Robota's high school years, courtesy of Rosa Robota Foundation.
Born1921
Ciechanów, Poland
Died6 January 1945(1945-01-06) (aged 23–24)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Known forHolocaust resistance

Roza Robota (1921 – 6 January 1945)[1] or Róża Robota in Polish,[2] referred to in other sources as Rojza, Rózia or Rosa, was the leader of a group of four women Holocaust resistors hanged in the Auschwitz concentration camp for their role in the Sonderkommando prisoner revolt of 7 October 1944.

  1. ^ "Robota, Rosa" (PDF). Yad Vashem. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bukalska was invoked but never defined (see the help page).