Alicja Kotowska
Polish nun (1899-1939) · Died at 39
Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska was a Polish religious sister who was head of the Resurrectionist convent in Wejherowo between 1934 and 1939. She was arrested by the Gestapo on 24 October 1939 during prayer and murdered alongside over 300 other Poles and Jews on 11 November in one of the Piaśnica massacres.
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Witnesses reported seeing her comfort Jewish children while being transported. She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1999 as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1939 · aged 39