Helena Polaczkówna

Helena Polaczkówna (1881–1942) was a Polish historian, archivist, sigillologist, and authority in the field of heraldry. She became a war resistor during World War II. She was arrested by German occupiers in Lviv for allowing secret activities to take place in her apartment and was murdered in the Majdanek concentration camp near Lublin, Poland, in 1942.

Biography Helena Polaczkówna was born 24 February 1881 in Lviv (now western Ukraine). Her father, Adam, took part in the Polish revolt called the January Uprising and spent years in exile in France where he completed medical studies. The remaining family stayed in Lviv where Helena and her older sister Maria Polaczkówna, took on private tutoring assignments to earn enough money to afford their education. In 1910, she contracted tuberculosis and suffered respiratory distress and a weak voice for the rest of her life. Despite their modest beginnings, the sisters each went on to earn a PhD.

Akta Biblioteki Ordynacji Krasińskich w Warszawie za rok 1920 Geneza herbów polskich w herbarzu flamandzkim Księga bracka świętego Krzysztofa na Arlbergu w Tyrolu Księga radziecka miasta Drohobycza 1542-1563 De l'utilité d'une collaboration internationale pour la publication des Armoriaux du Moyen-Âge Materyały do heraldyki polskiej Najstarsza księga sądowa wsi Trześniowa 1419-1609 Prace sekcji nauk pomocniczych, archiwów i organizacji pracy historycznej na VII-ym Międzynarodowym Kongresie Nauk Historycznych w Warszawie Studium przygotowawcze we Francji do badań nad historią średniowiecza Szlachta na Siewierzu Biskupim w latach 1442-1790: z mapą rozsiedlenia Siewierza i z trzema tablicami w tekście Uwagi o porządkowaniu prywatnych archiwów familijnych

Memberships

Lviv Scientific Society (1920) Polish Historical Society Historical Committee of the Polish Academy of Skills Polish, Austrian, French and Swiss heraldic societies