Portrait of Maria Sawicka, who has been recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.
Overview
- Caption
- Portrait of Maria Sawicka, who has been recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.
- Date
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Circa 1943
- Locale
- Warsaw, Poland
- Variant Locale
- Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau - Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin (Miedzyrzecki) Meed
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Benjamin (Miedzyrzecki) Meed
Keywords & Subjects
- Photo Designation
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RESCUERS & RESCUED -- Poland
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Anna Wachalska, a Polish woman with connections to the Polish socialist underground, who, together with her sister, Maria Sawicka, willingly assisted the Jewish underground in Warsaw during the German occupation. She sheltered many Jews and facilitated communication between different partisan groups. She was the protector of Feigele Peltel, providing her with the alias of her deceased daughter, Stanislawa, and rescuing her from jail with a well placed bribe. Wachalska was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1964.
- Record last modified:
- 2008-08-11 00:00:00
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