Английская Википедия:Alicja Kotowska
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Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska (Шаблон:Birth date, Warsaw – 11 November 1939, near Wielka Piaśnica) was a Polish religious sister who was head of the Resurrectionist convent in Wejherowo between 1934 and 1939. She was arrested by the Gestapo on 24 October 1939 during prayer and murdered alongside over 300 other Poles and Jews on 11 November in one of the Piaśnica massacres. Witnesses reported seeing her comfort Jewish children while being transported.[1][2] She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1999 as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.
Life
Kotowska was born on 20 November 1899 to a devout Catholic family, the second of eight children.[3] During World War I she worked as a nurse. She took her vows on 2 February 1924, but continued her academic studies in addition to her duties, earning a master's degree in chemistry in 1929. She later worked as a teacher and headmistress of a school.[3][4]
Death
She was arrested by the Gestapo on 24 October 1939 during prayer and murdered alongside over 300 other Poles and Jews on 11 November in one of the Piaśnica massacres. Witnesses reported seeing her comfort Jewish children while being transported.[1]
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- Alicja Marie Jadwiga Kotowska, in Шаблон:Cite book.
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