Stefania Podgórska
Stefania Podgórska-Burzmińska (born June 2, 1921 in Lipa, Powiat Przemyski ; † September 29, 2018 in Los Angeles ) was a Righteous Among the Nations .
After her father died in 1938 after a serious illness, Stefania Podgórska began working in Przemyśl in 1939 in the cloth goods shop of the Jewish family Diamant . During the German occupation of Poland in 1939–1945 , she hid 13 Jews in the attic of the house in which the shop was located - all of them experienced the liberation. In 1961 she emigrated to the United States , where she married Josef Diamant, one of those she had saved.
In 1979 Stefania Podgórska was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations Medal by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial .
She died in Los Angeles at the age of 97.
Web links
- US Holocaust Museum: Holocaust Encyclopedia
- Simon Wiesenthal Center: Stefania Podgórska (English)
- Sisters Reunited With Jews They Saved From Nazis in Los Angeles Times , January 10, 1995
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historia pomocy - Rodzina Podgórskich | Polscy Sprawiedliwi. Retrieved August 22, 2019 (Polish).
- ↑ Stefania Podgórska on the website of Yad Vashem (English)
- ↑ Stefania Podgorska Burzminski, who hid 13 Jews in her attic in Poland, dies at 97 , accessed on November 14, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Podgórska, Stefania |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Righteous Among the Nations |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lipa, Powiat Przemyski |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th September 2018 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |