Helena Pasierbska-Wojtowicz (1921 – 12 March 2010) was a Polish writer. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, she joined the Polish resistance organization (first Związek Walki Zbrojnej, later Armia Krajowa) and served as a courier and nurse. Took part in the Operation Ostra Brama. After the war, she became a teacher and also researched the Ponary massacre. She published several books as well as various articles, which appeared mostly in '' Nasz Dziennik''. She was also an honorary member of Polish Association in Lithuania (Związek Polaków na Litwie) and a leader of "Ponary Families" Association (Stowarzyszenie „Rodzina Ponarska”).

Awards

In 1975, she was decorated with Armia Krajowa Cross and in 2004, she received the Polonia Mater Nostra Est award.

Works

*''Ponary. Wileńska golgota'', Sopot, 1993 *''Wileńskie Łukiszki na tle wydarzeń lat wojny 1939-1944'', 2003, self-published, *''Ponary i inne miejsca męczeństwa Polaków z Wileńszczyzny w latach 1941-1944'' (Ponary and other places of martyrdom of Poles in Vilnius Region in the years 1941-1944), Łowicz, 2005. *''Ponary. Największe miejsce kaźni koło Wilna (1941-1944)'', Zarząd Ochrony i Konserwacji Zespołów Pałacowo-Ogrodowych, Warszawa, 1993,

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1921 births 2010 deaths Polish women writers Writers from Vilnius 20th-century Polish writers Home Army members Recipients of the Armia Krajowa Cross 20th-century Polish women writers Polish nurses {{Poland-writer-stub