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Presidents of Poland, Israel honor 101-year-old WWII heroine

Anna Kozminska is believed to be the be oldest living person recognized by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum for rescuing Jews from Nazi atrocities. 

by  AP and ILH Staff
Published on  05-24-2020 09:44
Last modified: 06-21-2020 16:57
Presidents of Poland, Israel honor 101-year-old WWII heroineAP via Grazyna Pawlak

Poland's Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich delivers letters with birthday greetings from the Israeli and Polish presidents to Anna Kozminska, the oldest living person recognized by Yad Vashem for rescuing Jews during the Holocaust | Photo: AP via Grazyna Pawlak

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The presidents of Israel and Poland have sent birthday greetings to a 101-year-old Polish woman who is believed to be the be oldest living person recognized by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum for rescuing Jews from Nazi atrocities.

Reuven Rivlin of Israel and Andrzej Duda of Poland praised Anna Kozminska in separate letters for her courage in risking her own life to help Jews during the German occupation of Poland.

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Rivlin expressed admiration and gratitude "for your courageous acts of humanity and bravery during the dark days of the Second World War in Poland." In his letter, Duda said he would bestow Kozminska with a special state medal.

The letters were delivered to her on her birthday Friday by Poland's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, and the niece of a boy saved during the war by Kozminska and her step-mother, Maria Kozminska.

They wore masks and sat with her on her porch outside her Warsaw home due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Schudrich said that Kozminska expressed surprise at receiving letters from the presidents.

Anna and Maria Kozminska took in 8-year-old Abraham Jablonski in 1942 and sheltered him for three years. They also helped rescue three other Jews.

Grazyna Pawlak, Jablonski's niece, gave Kozminska an album with photos of the family.

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