Antonina Wyrzykowska | |
Birth Name: | Antonina Karwowska |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1916 |
Birth Place: | Janczewko |
Death Place: | Milanówek |
Nationality: | Polish |
Spouse: | Aleksander Wyrzykowski |
Honours: | Righteous Among the NationsCommander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta |
Antonina Wyrzykowska, née Karwowska (12 August 1916 – 29 November 2011)[1] was a Polish Righteous Among the Nations known for helping Jews who fled the Jedwabne pogrom.[2] [3] She was also decorated with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by Poland's President Lech Kaczyński.[4] Her husband, Aleksander Wyrzykowski, was also honoured as Righteous Among the Nations.[5]