Andrzeja Górska

Polish nun and Righteous Among the Nations
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroPolish nun and Righteous Among the Nations
PlacesPoland
isNun
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Female
Death15 December 2007
The details

Biography

Andrzeja Górska (1917 – December 15, 2007), born Maria Stefania Górska, was a Polish Roman Catholic nun. She was born in Łódź. Gorska served as the abbess, or Mother Superior, of the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, who are more commonly known as the Grey Ursulines. She was involved in the protection of Jewish children during the German occupation in World War II
Gorska died on December 15, 2007, in Warsaw. She was 93 years old.

Awards

  • Medal of the Righteous Among the Nations
  • Commander's Cross of the Polonia Restituta (2007)

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