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Janina Pohl-Mizerska

1909 – 1999

Polish cryptographer and nurse

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About Janina Pohl-Mizerska

Lived 1909 – 1999 (aged 89). Janina Pohl-Mizerska was a Polish nurse.

Janina Pohl-Mizerska (5 August 1909 – 3 November 1999) was a Polish cryptographer, nurse, medic in the Warsaw Uprising.

Life and career Janina, née Pohl, was born on August 5, 1909, in Poznan. Here she graduated from the Sacred Heart of Jesus Gymnasium, and then from the Higher School of Nurses and Hygienists of the Poznański Czerwony Krzyż (Poznan's Red Cross). After being appointed as a certified nurse, she worked at on orthopedic hospital in Swarzędz near Poznan, and in 1933 was drafted into the army and sent to work in military district hospitals in Torun and Krakow.

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Awards
Florence Nightingale Medal; Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta; Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945; Medal for Participation in the Defensive War of 1939; Partisan Cross (Poland); Warsaw Uprising Cross; Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945; Grunwald Badge; Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland; Zasłużony Działacz Kultury; Honorary Medal of the Polish Red Cross and Bar; Gold Honorary Badge of the Polish Red Cross and Bar

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Janina Pohl-Mizerska?

Polish cryptographer and nurse

When was Janina Pohl-Mizerska born?

Janina Pohl-Mizerska was born on 5 August 1909 in Poznań.

When did Janina Pohl-Mizerska die?

Janina Pohl-Mizerska died on 3 January 1999 in Olsztynek.

What was Janina Pohl-Mizerska's occupation?

Janina Pohl-Mizerska was a nurse.

What nationality was Janina Pohl-Mizerska?

Janina Pohl-Mizerska was Polish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Janina Pohl-Mizerska

· Wikidata: Q61469378

· DBpedia: Janina Pohl-Mizerska

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