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Maria Kotarba (4 September 1907 — 30 December 1956) was a courier in the Polish resistance movement, smuggling clandestine messages and supplies among the local partisan groups. She was arrested, tortured and interrogated by the Gestapo as a political prisoner before being imprisoned in Tarnów and then deported to Auschwitz on 6 January 1943.
The Righteous Among the Nations. Featured Stories. Maria Kotarba. Poland. Maria Kotarba as a prisoner in Auschwitz. Kotarba farm in Nowy Sacz (Poland) Born near Nowy Sacz, Maria Kotarba had worked as a courier with the Polish resistance before being caught and transported to Auschwitz on 6 January 1943.
Oct 20, 2006 · Maria Kotarba joined the resistance movement after the German attack on Poland in September 1939. She was arrested when a Gestapo informer denounced her, and was sent to the Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1943.
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Sep 18, 2005 · In the years 1943–1944, Maria Kotarba, a political prisoner in the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, helped a Jewish woman, Lena Bankier. With her help, Lena survived Auschwitz, as well as the “death march” and her imprisonment in the Ravensbrück camp and the Neustadt-Glewe sub-camp inside the Third Reich.
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Maria Kotarba, called Mommy or Aunty of Auschwitz had been a Polish partisan before she was sent to concentration camp. Betrayed in 1943 by her collaborator, she was incarcerated in KL Auschwitz. During her whole imprisonment in the camp she took care of many Jewish prisoners, but there was ona woman that she became very close friends with – Lena L...
Miriam Akivais another woman who, after surviving the imprisonment in Auschwitz, sacrificed her whole life to preserving the memory of those gloomy times. She is a licensed nurse and she used her skills to help people during war. In 1975 she started publishing her novels, which are aimed to preserve the memory of the Holocaust. She is also the Hono...
First infamous Auschwitz guard wasIrma Grese, known as “Beautiful Beast”. She was only 18 when she became a wardress in Auschwitz. Those who knew her say that she used to be a really pretty girl with a friendly smile. Unfortunately, she had also a second side to her. As a wardress she assisted Dr. Mengele with his cruel experiments, since she repor...
Maria Mandelis another example of incredible human cruelty. During her work in Auschwitz she eagerly participated in prisoner’s selection and was especially keen on sending children to death. She also used to select her ”pet” prisoners, who she kept from being sent to gas chambers until she got tired of them. However, what’s most shocking about Mar...
The stories of these four Auschwitz women clearly demonstrate the unbelievable differences between people. It turns out that those who suffer can find enough strength to both survive and help others cope with the difficult situation. It turns out the suffering empowers them. It’s horrible that those who don’t have such problems aren’t able to empat...
Jan 21, 2006 · AN Auschwitz survivor has lived to see the woman who saved her life posthumously honoured. Maria Kotarba repeatedly shielded Lena Lakomy, then aged 23, from the worst of the evils of the...
Maria Kotarba, Poland. Born near Nowy Sacz, Maria Kotarba had worked as a courier with the Polish resistance before being caught and transported to Auschwitz on 6 January 1943. As a political prisoner, Maria was put to work in the camp in the Rajsko gardening Kommando.
