Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler

female, 99 years old
Irena Sendler (also called "Irena Sendlerowa" in Polish language) (born 15 February 1910 in Warsaw). Polish social worker. During World War II she...

Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz

female, deceased (1968)
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, code name “Alinka"” or “Alicja”, was a leading figure in Warsaw's underground resistance movement throughout the year...
Rudolf Weigl

Rudolf Weigl

male, deceased (1957)
Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl was a famous Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus. Born in Přerov, M...

Franz Bürkl

male, deceased (1943)
"SS-Oberscharführer" Franz Bürkl was a "Sicherheitspolizei" officer. He was responsible for numerous executions, summary executions and even ra...

Panteleimon Ponomarenko

male, deceased (1984)
Panteleimon Kondrat'evich Ponomarenko, Russian: Пантелеймон Кондратьевич Пономаренко, (9 August 1902 - 18 January 1984) was a general in the Red Arm...
Tad Danielewski

Tad Danielewski

male, deceased (1993)
Tad Danielewski was a film director. Originally from Poland, he served in the Polish Underground during World War II and eventually ended up in a...

Bolesław Piasecki

male, deceased (1979)
Bolesław Bogdan Piasecki was a Polish politician and writer. In interwar Poland he was one of the more prominent nationalist politicians, playing a...
Marian P. Opala

Marian P. Opala

male, 88 years old
Marian P. Opala is a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Court's District 3 seat by Governor David L. Boren in 1978, and...