Lucyna Radziejowska

Lucyna Władysława Radziejowska (24 June 1899 – 20 March 1944)[1] was a Polish teacher known for lending aid to Jews during World War II. For this she was arrested by the Germans and died in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Lucyna Radziejowska
Born(1899-06-24)June 24, 1899
Popowo Kościelne
DiedMarch 20, 1944(1944-03-20) (aged 44)
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Cause of deathtyphus
NationalityPolish
Occupationteacher
Known forhelping Jews during World War II
Spouse(s)Wincenty Radziejowski
ChildrenAnna Danuta (born 1931)
Lucyna Radziejowska with daughter Anna

Biography

Lucyna Radziejowska was born in Popowo Kościelne in 1899.[2] She married Wincenty Radziejowski. They had a daughter, Anna Danuta (born in 1931).[3]

In 1941, the Radziejowskis gave shelter to the Soviet prisoner of war Volodya Koltun, an escapee from the POW camp for Soviet soldiers located in Grądy. He had contracted typhus while in the camp and the whole Radziejowski family soon became infected as well. Wincenty Radziejowski succumbed to the disease and died on 5 December 1941. Volodya Koltun remained in Płatkownica for approximately a year until June 1941, when he decided to leave the Radziejowskis due to the increasing number of German patrols in the area.[2]

In 1943, Lucyna Radziejowska took a woman and her 15-year-old son into her home. The Germans probably murdered the Jews who were trying to hide.[1] Lucyna Radziejowska was taken and detained in Sokołów Podlaski, then moved to the Pawiak prison in Warsaw. On 5 October 1943, she was transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where she received prisoner number 64478. She became infected with typhus once more and died in the camp on 20 March 1944.[1][4]

Commemorations

Lucyna Radziejowska and her daughter were nominated by the Chief Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation to bestow the honorary title of “Righteous Among the Nations”.

On 29 June 2019, a plaque commemorating Lucyna Radziejowska was unveiled in Ostrów Mazowiecka as part of the “Called By The Name” project undertaken by the Pilecki Institute.[5]

References
  1. Berendt, Grzegorz; Namysło, Aleksandra, eds. (2014). Rejestr faktów represji na obywatelach polskich za pomoc ludności żydowskiej w okresie II wojny światowej (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. p. 417. ISBN 978-83-7629-669-2. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  2. Bartniczak, Mieczysław (1978). Grądy i Komorowo 1941–1944: z dziejów Stalagów 324 i 333 – Ostrów Mazowiecka (in Polish). Warszawa: MON. p. 265.
  3. Kopówka, Edward; Rytel-Andrianik, Paweł (2011). Dam im imię na wieki. Polacy z okolic Treblinki ratujący Żydów (in Polish). Oksford-Treblinka: Wydawnictwo Sióstr Loretanek. p. 176. ISBN 978-83-7257-497-8.
  4. Kałuski, Marian (2000). Wypełniali przykazanie miłosierdzia. Polski Kościół i polscy katolicy wobec holocaustu (in Polish). Warszawa. p. 142. ISBN 8387689254.
  5. "Upamiętnienie Lucyny Radziejowskiej - Instytut Pileckiego". instytutpileckiego.pl (in Polish). 29 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
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