Zofia Kossak-Szczucka

1889 - 1968

country of citizenship: Poland

languages spoken, written or signed: Polish

educated at: School of Fine Arts in Warsaw

occupation: writer, opinion journalist, poet, author, teacher

award received: Złoty Wawrzyn Akademicki, Gold Cross of Merit‎ (Poland), Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of Saint Lazarus, Order of the White Eagle, Righteous Among the Nations

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. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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