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Maria Rutkiewicz (née Kamieniecka) was born in [[Brest, Belarus]] to a well-educated, liberal family.<ref name="morley">Peter Morley, [http://static.bafta.org/files/peter-morley-a-life-rewound-part-4-194.pdf "Peter Morley - A Life Rewound" Part 4] (PDF) British Academy of Film and Television Arts (2010), pp. 241–245. Retrieved September 29, 2011</ref> Her older siblings were active in a [[socialism|socialist]]/[[communnism|communist]] circle and in 1936, she joined the [[Communist Party of Poland]]. In 1938, she and another active Party member, Wincenty Jan Rutkiewicz, known as "Wicek", were married. It was a difficult time. [[Stalin]]'s [[purge]]s had eliminated many of the Polish Communist Party's leaders and in 1939, Hitler invaded the country. |
Maria Rutkiewicz (née Kamieniecka) was born in [[Brest, Belarus]] to a well-educated, liberal family.<ref name="morley">[[Peter Morley (filmmaker)|Peter Morley]], [http://static.bafta.org/files/peter-morley-a-life-rewound-part-4-194.pdf "Peter Morley - A Life Rewound" Part 4] (PDF) British Academy of Film and Television Arts (2010), pp. 241–245. Retrieved September 29, 2011</ref> Her older siblings were active in a [[socialism|socialist]]/[[communnism|communist]] circle and in 1936, she joined the [[Communist Party of Poland]]. In 1938, she and another active Party member, Wincenty Jan Rutkiewicz, known as "Wicek", were married. It was a difficult time. [[Stalin]]'s [[purge]]s had eliminated many of the Polish Communist Party's leaders and in 1939, Hitler invaded the country. |
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She was caught and sent to [[Pawiak]], pregnant at the time with twins and about to give birth. They were born at the prison. Her husband was also arrested, but was sent to [[Auschwitz]]. Before he perished in a bombing raid, she was able to bribe a guard to take a photo of her with the babies and have it smuggled to her husband.<ref name="morley" /> |
She was caught and sent to [[Pawiak]], pregnant at the time with twins and about to give birth. They were born at the prison. Her husband was also arrested, but was sent to [[Auschwitz]]. Before he perished in a bombing raid, she was able to bribe a guard to take a photo of her with the babies and have it smuggled to her husband.<ref name="morley" /> |
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Revision as of 18:26, 30 September 2011
Maria Rutkiewicz (July 22, 1917–June 27, 2007) was a Polish communist and an editor. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, she was a radio operator with the Polish resistance.
Biograhical details
Maria Rutkiewicz (née Kamieniecka) was born in Brest, Belarus to a well-educated, liberal family.[1] Her older siblings were active in a socialist/communist circle and in 1936, she joined the Communist Party of Poland. In 1938, she and another active Party member, Wincenty Jan Rutkiewicz, known as "Wicek", were married. It was a difficult time. Stalin's purges had eliminated many of the Polish Communist Party's leaders and in 1939, Hitler invaded the country.
She was caught and sent to Pawiak, pregnant at the time with twins and about to give birth. They were born at the prison. Her husband was also arrested, but was sent to Auschwitz. Before he perished in a bombing raid, she was able to bribe a guard to take a photo of her with the babies and have it smuggled to her husband.[1]
After the war, she was married to a diplomat and lived in London for several years. She died June 27, 2007.
References
- ^ a b Peter Morley, "Peter Morley - A Life Rewound" Part 4 (PDF) British Academy of Film and Television Arts (2010), pp. 241–245. Retrieved September 29, 2011
Further reading
- Piotr Gontarczyk, Polska Partia Robotnicza. Droga do władzy 1941-1944, Warsaw (2003) Template:Pl icon