Presidents of Poland, Israel honor 101-year-old WWII heroine

The presidents of Israel and Poland possess despatched birthday greetings to a 101-one year-venerable Polish lady who is believed to the be oldest living particular person recognized by Yad Vashem for rescuing Jews at some level of the Holocaust

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WARSAW, Poland —
The presidents of Israel and Poland possess despatched birthday greetings to a 101-one year-venerable Polish lady who is believed to be the be oldest living particular person recognized by Yad Vashem for rescuing Jews at some level of the Holocaust.

Both Reuven Rivlin of Israel and Andrzej Duda of Poland praised Anna Kozminska in letters for her courage in risking her have lifestyles to wait on Jews at some level of the German occupation of Poland.

The letters were dropped at her on her birthday Thursday by Poland’s chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, and the niece of a boy saved at some level of the battle by Kozminska and her step-mother, Maria Kozminska.

They wore masks and sat with her on her porch outdoors her Warsaw home attributable to the coronavirus pandemic.

Anna and Maria Kozminska took in 8-one year-venerable Abraham Jablonski in 1942 and sheltered him for three years, and additionally helped rescue three other Jews.

Grazyna Pawlak, Jablonski’s niece, gave Kozminska an album with photos of the family.


ABC News


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