Jadwiga Szubartowicz

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Jadwiga Szubartowicz born. Skawińska ( October 16, 1905 in Lublin , Congress Poland - July 20, 2017 ) was a Polish supercentenarian and the oldest living Polish woman from August 1, 2015 until her death.

Life

Jadwiga Skawińska was born in 1905 in Lublin, which was then part of Congress Poland in the Russian Empire (now in south-eastern Poland). As a child, she spent several years with her family in Saint Petersburg (then Petrograd), where she experienced the October Revolution at the age of 12 . She graduated from the grammar school of the Ursuline sisters and studied education with her sister.

Her brother was arrested during the German occupation of Poland . After being held for a week in the Majdanek concentration camp , he was released, but was later arrested by the Germans in Krakow and taken to the Buchenwald concentration camp , where he died. You saw how the painting Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko was brought to safety in order to hide it from the Germans.

In 1952 she married the soldier Antoni Szubartowicz, a veteran of the Battle of Monte Cassino .

On August 1, 2015, after the death of Jadwiga Młynek (1905-2015), she became the oldest living Polish woman. Elderly Israel Kristal was born in what is now Poland, but moved to Israel after World War II . Her age was certified by the Gerontology Research Group , who sent her congratulations on her 110th birthday, which she celebrated on October 16, 2015.

On March 7, 2017, on the occasion of International Women's Day , the President of Lublin, Krzysztof Żuk , presented her the medal for the 700th anniversary of the city. At the celebration, the musician Dariusz Tokarzewski played the song Dwieście lat (Two Hundred Years), a variation of the Polish birthday song Sto lat (Hundred Years).

In April 2017 she was honored with an official visit from Stanisław Budzik , Archbishop of Lublin . "Jadwiga Szubartowicz passed away peacefully on July 20, 2017, after two o'clock in the afternoon."

Web links

Commons : Jadwiga Szubartowicz  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Onet Lublin: "Pani Jadwiga odeszła spokojnie 20 lipca 2017 roku po godzinie drugiej po południu."
  2. ↑ Najstarsza Polka mieszka w Lublinie i obchodzi 110 urodziny!
  3. ↑ a b c d Lublinianka ma 110 lat. Poznajcie panią Jadwigę i jej historię
  4. ↑ "Zdjęcie kartki for życzeniami od Gerontology Research Group"
  5. ^ Najważniejsza jest miłość. Medal dla najstarszej Polki z okazji Dnia Kobiet
  6. ^ Medal 700-lecia dla najstarszej Polki. Pani Jadwiga ma ponad 111 lat
  7. ↑ Arcybiskup Stanisław Budzik odwiedził najstarszą Polke
personal data
SURNAME Szubartowicz, Jadwiga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skawińska, Jadwiga (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish supercentenarian and from August 1, 2015 the oldest living Polish woman
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Lublin , Congress Poland
DATE OF DEATH 20th July 2017
Place of death Lublin , Poland