Danuta Siedzikówna

Danuta Siedzikówna
Danuta Siedzikówna
Birth nameDanuta Siedzikówna
Nickname(s)Inka
Born(1928-09-03)3 September 1928
Guszczewina, Poland
Died28 August 1946(1946-08-28) (aged 17)
Gdańsk, Republic of Poland
Allegiance Poland
Ranksecond lieutenant
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsOrder of Polonia Restituta

Danuta Helena Siedzikówna (nom de guerre: Inka; underground name: Danuta Obuchowicz; 3 September 1928 – 28 August 1946) was a Polish medical orderly in the 4th Squadron of the 5th Wilno Brigade of the Home Army. In 1946 she served with the Brigade's 1st Squadron in Poland's Pomerania region. Considered a national heroine, she was captured, tortured and sentenced to death at the age of 17 by the communist authorities.

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