Ekaterina Georgievna Ponomarjowa
Jekaterina Georgijewna Ponomarjowa ( Russian Екатерина Георгиевна Пономарёва , scientific transliteration Ekaterina Georgievna Ponomarëva ; * 1887; †?) Is an honorary citizen of Hoyerswerda .
Jekaterina Ponomarjowa is the mother of the Russian soldier Pyotr Ivanovich Ponomarjow, who died in April 1945 in the battle for Hoyerswerda . She comes from Serow in the Urals. Ponomarjowa had already lost her husband in 1919 during the Russian Civil War . She raised her two sons alone, but lost both of them during World War II . On April 25, 1973, at the age of 86, she arrived at the Hoyerswerda train station. With a piece of paper in German in her hand, she tried to find the grave of her youngest son. When she found it in the Hoyerswerda Grove of Honor, she took earth from the resting place home with her. In sympathy with the fate of Ponomarjowa, the city council granted her honorary citizenship of the city of Hoyerswerda on her second visit on May 7, 1975 .
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| SURNAME | Ponomarjowa, Ekaterina Georgievna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Пономарёва, Екатерина Георгиевна |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Honorary citizen of Hoyerswerda |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1887 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1975 |