Anna Helena Koźmińska (22 May 1919 – 24 March 2021) was a Polish World War II heroine who was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations in 1991.
Anna Koźmińska | |
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| Born | 22 May 1919 Radomsko, Poland |
| Died | 24 March 2021 (aged 101) Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
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Koźmińska was born in Radomsko and lived in Częstochowa, Poland, with her father and step mother. From 1943 to 1945 they sheltered Abraham Joblonski, a young Polish Jew, from the Nazis. The family also sheltered another three Jews.[1]
Koźmińska was awarded a Righteous Among the Nations medal in 1991 by Yad Vashem. In 2016 she was given the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[2]
On the occasion of her 101st birthday in May 2020, Koźmińska became the oldest living Righteous Among the Nations and received birthday greetings from the presidents of Israel and Poland.[3][4] She died in Warsaw in March 2021.[5]
References
edit- ^ AP. "Presidents of Israel, Poland honor oldest surviving 'Righteous Among Nations'". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Polish woman, world's oldest Righteous, celebrates 101st birthday". www.thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Presidents of Poland, Israel honor 101-year-old WWII heroine". www.israelhayom.com. 2020-05-24. Archived from the original on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Presidents of Poland, Israel honor 101-year-old WWII heroine". AP NEWS. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Oldest surviving 'Righteous Among Nations,' who saved Jewish boy, dies age 101". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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