Polish supercentenarian
Jadwiga Szubartowicz |
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| Born | (1905-10-16)16 October 1905
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| Died | 20 June 2017(2017-06-20) (aged 111)
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| Occupation | Accountant |
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| Known for | being a supercentenarian |
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Jadwiga Szubartowicz née Skawińska[1] (16 October 1905 in Lublin[2] – 20 July 2017[3]) was a Polish supercentenarian. She was the oldest Polish person alive between 1 August 2015 and 20 June 2017.
Biography
Szubartowicz was born on 16 October 1905 in Lublin. During her childhood, she lived for a fer years in Russia together with her family. Living there, at the age of 12, she was a witness of the October Revolution, which she witnessed in Petersburg, then called Petrograd.[4] She was a graduate of Middle School of Sisters Ursulines and Education Studies, which she graduated from together with her sister.[1] She was working as an accountant[2], and her sister for 40 years as a teacher in Lubartów[1].
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, her brother was arrested and sent home after a week spent in KL Lublin, but later arrested again in Kraków. From there, he went to Buchenwald, where he died[1]. Szubartowicz was a witness of the transportation of the painting Battle of Grunwald to hide it from the Germans[1]. In 1952 she married Antoni Szubartowicz, a soldier, veteran of Battle of Monte Casino[1].
On 1 August 2015, after the death of Jadwiga Młynek (1905–2015) from Kalisz, she became the oldest living Polish person.[2] Her age was verified by the researches from Gerontology Research Group[4], whom have sent her wishes because of her 110th birthday, which she celebrated on 16 October 2015.[5] On 7 March 2017, to celebrate the Day of Women, mayor of Lublin, Krysztof Żuk, had given her a medal of 700-year anniversary of establishment of the city.[6]
She died on 20 July 2017, in a nursing home in Lublin.[3] She was buried at a cemetery on Lipowa Street, in Lublin on 26 July 2017.[7]
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