Anna Koźmińska | |
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Born |
Radomsko, Poland | 22 May 1919
Died | 24 March 2021
Warsaw, Poland | (aged 101)
Nationality | Polish |
Honours |
Righteous Among the Nations |
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By country |
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.
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]
Anna Koźmińska | |
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Born |
Radomsko, Poland | 22 May 1919
Died | 24 March 2021
Warsaw, Poland | (aged 101)
Nationality | Polish |
Honours |
Righteous Among the Nations |
---|
By country |
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.
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]