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Urszula Plenkiewicz
1921–2021
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- Polish scout
Urszula Plenkiewicz (née GÅowacka; 15 June 1921 â 24 January 2021) was a Polish scout and liaison officer of the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the ZWZ-AK Main Command.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
- PawiakDates unknown
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
Biography
Urszula Plenkiewicz (née GÅowacka; 15 June 1921 â 24 January 2021) was a Polish scout and liaison officer of the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the ZWZ-AK Main Command. She taught at the covert neighbourhood school and served as a soldier in the Sub-district V of Mokotów of the District of Warsaw Union of Armed Struggle. Plenkiewicz was apprehended by the Gestapo in November 1942 and deported to the female wing of the Auschwitz concentration camp known as Birkenau, where she escaped the death march in January 1945. She was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Cross of the Home Army, and the Auschwitz Cross, as well as being recognised Righteous Among the Nations.
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