Hanna Sawicka

Hanka Sawicka
Portrait of Sawicka prior to 1939
Born
Hanna Krystyna Szapiro

(1917-12-19)December 19, 1917
Kraków, Grand Duchy of Kraków
DiedMarch 18, 1943(1943-03-18) (aged 25)
Serbia Prison, Warschau, General Government
Resting placePowązki Military Cemetery
Alma materFree Polish University
Parents
  • Bernard Szapiro (father)
  • Maria Ita Szapiro née Frendzel (mother)
RelativesStefan Kisielewski

Hanka Sawicka, real name Hanna Krystyna Szapiro, pseudonym Hanka (born 19 December 1917 in Kraków, died 18 March 1943 in Warsaw) was a Polish communist of Jewish background active in the Polish underground, represented in Polish People's Republic propaganda as the first leader of the Union of Youth Struggle.

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