Maria Kotarba
Polish resistance fighter (1907–1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Kotarba (4 September 1907 — 30 December 1956) was a courier in the Polish resistance movement, smuggling clandestine messages and supplies among the local partisan groups. She was arrested, tortured and interrogated by the Gestapo as a political prisoner before being imprisoned in Tarnów and then deported to Auschwitz on 6 January 1943. Maria Kotarba was recognised as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem on 18 September 2005 for risking her life to save the lives of Jewish prisoners in two Nazi concentration camps.[1][2]
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Maria Kotarba | |
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Born | (1907-09-04)4 September 1907 |
Died | 30 December 1956(1956-12-30) (aged 49) |
Burial place | Owczary, Poland |
Nationality | Polish |
Known for | being a courier in the Polish resistance and saving Jews during World War II |
Awards | Righteous Among the Nations |
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