Paweł Zenon Woś

Paweł Zenon Woś (December 22, 1920 – December 2, 2013) was a member of the Polish Army and the underground Polish Home Army (AK) in German-Occupied Poland during World War II.[1] Woś was born in Warsaw, Poland in December 1920. In 1997 he, together with his parents, Paweł and Anna, were recognized as Righteous Among Nations at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem for his role in rescuing 12 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto.[2][3] Six of them perished during the Warsaw Uprising, while the rest survived to tell the story.[4]

Woś was active in the American Polonia, fighting against anti-Polish stereotypes.[5] He later emigrated to the United States, where he died in December 2013 at the age of 92.[6]

References
  1. "Pawel Zenon Wos", United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  2. Paweł Zenon Woś – his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
  3. "Wanda Lorenc – kobieta, która przeżyła czas zagłady", Polish Daily News, 20 March 2011 (retrieved February 19, 2013)
  4. "Ocaliły wiele żydowskich dzieci", (retrieved February 19, 2013)
  5. "Protest przeciwko zniesławianiu", (retrieved February 19, 2013)
  6. Paul Zenon Wos Obituary


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