About Zofia Celińska
Lived 1919 – 2016 (aged 97). Zofia Celińska was a Polish economist and clerk.
Zofia Celińska (8 July 1919 — 28 July 2016) was a Polish economist. She was a member of the Home Army during World War II, and worked as an economist after the war. For her assistance in hiding Jewish friends and their family members during the occupation of Poland, she was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations and received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Life and career Celińska was born on 8 July 1919 in Warsaw.
During World War II, she was active in the Home Army. She also helped her friend Ola Zweibaum to enable some of her family members to escape from the Warsaw Ghetto. She worked as an economist in the Biuro Projektów i Studia Budownictwa Specjalnej. In 2009, she was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Celińska died on 28 July 2016 in Wyszogród.
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Who was Zofia Celińska?
Polish economist
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Zofia Celińska was born on 8 July 1919 in Warsaw.
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Zofia Celińska died on 28 July 2016 in Wyszogród.
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Zofia Celińska was an economist and clerk.
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Zofia Celińska was Polish.
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