208379 Jadwiga Kociolek Polish People's Army Armia Krajowa-AK-Underground from:Warsaw My mother, Jadwiga Kociolek, took part in the Polish People's Army (Armia Krajowa-AK-Underground) fighting against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. She was captured during the Warsaw uprising in 1944 and endured a series of imprisonments first at Mulberg, then Altenburg, Lamsdorf, and finally Oberlangen. The camp consisted mostly of women prisoners in Oberlangen which was liberated by the 1st Armoured Division under General Maczek. After marrying my father, they emigrated to Canada to Edmonton. To this day she lives in Canada and, though she is now 90 years old, she continues to educate young and old through radio broadcasts, recordings, and public speaking engagements about the history and stories which she and others endured during the wartime period.
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