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Wanda Szuman
Wanda Szuman or Szumanówna (3 April 1890 – 1 December 1994) was a Polish educator. She was a "pioneer of special education in Poland" and worked particularly with orphans and children with special needs. She also participated in the Education in Poland during World War II, underground education movement during World War II, teaching subjects that were forbidden by law at the time. She won multiple awards for her teaching during her lifetime. Biography Szuman was born on 3 April 1890 in Toruń, Poland (then Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia), and died on 1 December 1994, at the age of 104. Her mother was Eugenia Gumpert, a social activist, her father was surgeon Leon Szuman, and she was one of seven children; among her brothers became a professor of psychology, Jerzy Szuman became a professor of agriculture, and was a priest who perished during the World War II. Her mother died in 1895 and her father married her aunt, Emilia Osiecka (née Gumpert). Szuman attended the Sacred H ...
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Toruń
Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–1998) and the Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939), Pomeranian Voivodeship (1921–1945). Since 1999, Toruń has been a seat of the local government of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is one of its two capitals, together with Bydgoszcz. The cities and neighboring counties form the Bydgoszcz–Toruń twin city metropolitan area. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland; it was first settled in the 8th century and in 1233 was expanded by the Teutonic Knights. For centuries it was home to people of diverse backgrounds and religions. From 1264 until 1411, Toruń was part of the Hanseatic League and by the 17th century a leading trading point, which greatly affected the city's architecture, ranging from Brick Gothic to Mannerism, Mann ...
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