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4 unusual facts about Helena Pasierbska


Helena Pasierbska

During the Second World War she joined the Polish resistance organization (first Związek Walki Zbrojnej, later Armia Krajowa) and served as a curier and nurse.

After the war she became a teacher and also researched the Ponary massacre.

Ponary massacre

Information about the massacre began to spread as early as 1943, due to the activities and works of Helena Pasierbska, Józef Mackiewicz, Kazimierz Sakowicz and others.

Ypatingasis būrys

According to the Lithuanian historian Bubnys who cited the Polish historian Helena Pasierbska, during 1941–1944, approximately 108 men were members of YB.



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