Zofia Celińska

Zofia Celińska
Grave of Zofia Celińska in Warsaw
Born8 July 1919
Warsaw
Died28 July 2016 (2016-07-29) (aged 97)
Wyszogród
NationalityPolish
OccupationEconomist
Awards
Righteous
Among the Nations
By country

Zofia Celińska (8 July 1919 — 28 July 2016) was a Polish economist. She was a member of the Home Army during World War II, and worked as an economist after the war. For her assistance in hiding Jewish friends and their family members during the occupation of Poland, she was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations and received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Life and career

Celińska was born on 8 July 1919 in Warsaw.[1]

During World War II, she was active in the Home Army.[1] At the age of 20, she distributed the underground pamphlet Biuletyn Informacyjny.[1] During the occupation of Poland, she assisted in hiding her Jewish friend Zofia Lewinówna [pl] and some of Lewinówna's family members for a year in her house.[1][2] She also helped her friend Ola Zweibaum to enable some of her family members to escape from the Warsaw Ghetto.[1]

After the war, Celińska attended the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, and graduated with a degree in economics.[3] She worked as an economist in the Biuro Projektów i Studia Budownictwa Specjalnej.[4]

Celińska was named Righteous Among the Nations in 2001.[5] In 2009, she was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[6]

Celińska died on 28 July 2016 in Wyszogród.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Celińska Zofia" (in Polish). Museum of Polish Jewish History. 2009. Archived from the original on 2016-07-16. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Celińska Zofia (Lipska); Mother: Lipska Aniela ; Father: Lipski Roman". The Righteous Among The Nations Database. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. ^ Zofia Celińska; Anna Mateja (24 July 2012). "Koleżanki z mojej klasy". Tygodnik Powszechny (in Polish). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Zofia Celińska z Lipskich" (in Polish). Wyborcza. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Medal ?Sprawiedliwy Wśród Narodów Świata" dla Zofii Celińskiej z Wyszogrodu". Wyborcza (in Polish). 21 September 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 13 sierpnia 2009 r. o nadaniu orderów" (in Polish). Government of Poland. 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2020.


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