Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Polish writer
Died when: 78 years 243 days (943 months)Star Sign: Leo
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzɔfʲja ˈkɔssak ˈʂt͡ʂut͡ska] (also Kossak-Szatkowska); 10 August 1889 – 9 April 1968) was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter.
She co-founded two wartime Polish organizations: Front for the Rebirth of Poland and Żegota, set up to assist Polish Jews to escape the Holocaust.
In 1943, she was arrested by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp, but survived the war.
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