About Józefa Kantor
Lived 1896 – 1990 (aged 94). Józefa Kantor was a Polish resistance fighter, army scout, pedagogue and teacher.
Józefa Kantor (6 March 1896, Tarnów - 25 September 1990) was a Polish teacher, Scoutmaster (harcmistrzyni), and founder of the Girl Scouts group "Mury". She was the aunt of the painter Tadeusz Kantor.
Kantor was arrested on 9 November 1940 by the Gestapo and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp (inmate number 7261) Where she is referred to as "Rector" because of her spiritual guidance, where she established the secret Girl Scout group "Mury" in November 1941.
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Who was Józefa Kantor?
Polish scout and resistance fighter
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Józefa Kantor was born on 6 March 1896 in Tarnów.
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Józefa Kantor died on 25 September 1990.
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Józefa Kantor was a resistance fighter, army scout, pedagogue and teacher.
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Józefa Kantor was Polish.
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