Irena Adamowicz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Irena Adamowicz

Date of Birth: 11-May-1910

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1973

Profession: resistance fighter

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Irena Adamowicz

  • Irena Adamowicz (11 May 1910 – 12 August 1973), was a Polish-born scout leader and a Resistance worker during World War II. Adamowicz was born in Warsaw, to a Polish noble family and held a degree in social work from the University of Warsaw before World War II.
  • She served as one of the leaders of the Polish Scout movement (Harcerz Polski) coordinating its activities as a Senior Girl Scout.
  • A Polish Roman Catholic, Adamowicz provided counseling and educational services not only for the Catholic Scouts, but also for the Jewish youth movement called Hashomer Hatzair (Ha-Shomer ha-Tsa'ir) in the 1930s, working in close co-operation with Arie Wilner.Following the German invasion of Poland, Adamowicz became a member of the underground Home Army (Armia Krajowa) as a clandestine courier.
  • She delivered messages and provided aid and moral support for the Jewish ghettos in several distant cities.In 1985, Adamowicz was posthumously bestowed the title of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem for her heroic stand against the Nazi Holocaust.

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