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Matylda Getter

Matylda Getter
Portrait from before the Holocaust
Born
Matylda Getter

25 February 1870
Died8 August 1968 (aged 98)
NationalityPolish
Known forPolish Righteous among the Nations
Righteous
Among the Nations
By country

Matylda Getter (25 February 1870 – 8 August 1968) was a Polish Catholic nun, mother provincial of CSFFM (Congregatio Sororum Franciscalium Familiae Mariae, Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary) in Warsaw and social worker in pre-war Poland. In German-occupied Warsaw during World War II she cooperated with Irena Sendler and the Żegota resistance organization in saving the lives of hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.[1] She was recognized as one of Polish Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem[2] for her rescue activities.

  1. ^ Robin Stratton "Cries in the Night: Women Who Challenged the Holocaust", "Spiritual Life", Fall 1998
  2. ^ Matylda Getter. Recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations on 17 January 1985. Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Sprawiedliwi.org

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