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- Died
- Zofia Rysiówna was born on May 17, 1920 in Rozwadów, Stalowa Wola, Podkarpackie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Solange Leben in mir ist (1965), A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984) and Mam tu swój dom (1963). She was married to Adam Hanuszkiewicz. She died on November 17, 2003 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- SpouseAdam Hanuszkiewicz(1948 - ?) (divorced)
- Is just one day older than pope John Paul II (who was born on May 18, 1920).
- Holocaust survivor.
- During WWII she and her brother rescued a renowned Polish courier and war correspondent Jan Karski from a German prison. The rescue was successful, but Zofia was later arrested for it, and spent 4 years in Ravensbrueck, the notorious Nazi concentration camp for women.
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