Wanda Poltawska (1921-2023) Find a Grave Memorial
Wanda Poltawska (1921-2023) Find a Grave Memorial, Polish physician and author dies at 101, Find a grave Wanda Poltawska Find a Grave
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Wanda Poltawska
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| Born |
Wanda Wiktoria Wojtasik
2 November 1921 Lublin, Poland
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| Died | 24 October 2023 (aged 101)
Kraków, Poland
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| Nationality | Polish |
| Education | Jagiellonian University (Ph.D) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Notable work | And I Am Afraid of My Dreams |
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Andrzej Poltawski (1947 Marriage, Died 2020)
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| Children | 4 |
| Burial | Salwator Cemetery Kraków, Miasto Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
Wanda Poltawska Short Bio
She was a Author, Holocaust Survivor, Physician. A member of the Polish resistance organization during World War II, she was seized by the Nazis at the age of nineteen and taken to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp, where she endured unspeakable horrors of which included various gruesome and inhumane experimentations.
Her powerful memoir “And I Am Afraid of My Dreams” which recounted those experiences was published in 1987. She went on to receive her doctorate in Psychiatry from Jagiellonian University in Poland.
During the course of her career, she worked with children who survived the Holocaust and her methods were considered innovative in the field of Psychiatry.
She gained worldwide attention for her longtime friendship with Pope John Paul II, who she met during the 1950s and remained in contact with until the Pope’s death in 2005. In 1962, Poltawska was diagnosed with a terminal malignancy. Wanda Poltawska (1921-2023) Find a Grave Memorial JOIN TELEGRAM
She asked for then Priest Karol Wojtyla to pray for her. She became cancer free which was one of the basis of miracles which led to the canonization of Pope John Paul II.
Wanda Poltawska Death
Wanda Poltawska died in Krakow on 25 October 2023, shortly before her 102nd birthday.
