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Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance (died 1968)

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Zofia Kossak-Szczucka

Polish writer (1889–1968)

Zofia Kossak-Szczucka was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter. She co-founded two wartime Polish organizations: Front for the Rebirth of Poland and Żegota, set up to assist Polish Jews to escape the Holocaust. In 1943, she was arrested by the Germans and sent to…
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August 10

Day of the year

August 10 is the 222nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 143 days remain until the end of the year.
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