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Zofia Kossak-Szczucka

1889 - 1968

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Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzɔfʲja ˈkɔssak ˈʂt͡ʂut͡ska] (also Kossak-Szatkowska); 10 August 1889 – 9 April 1968) was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter. She co-founded two wartime Polish organizations: Front for the Rebirth of Poland and Żegota, set up to assist Polish Jews to escape the Holocaust. In 1943, she was arrested by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp, but survived the war. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zofia Kossak-Szczucka is the 3,633rd most popular writer (up from 3,800th in 2019), the 778th most popular biography from Poland (up from 799th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka ranks 3,633 out of 7,302. Before her are Brigitte Hamann, Erich Weinert, Hans Erich Nossack, Buhturi, Otfrid of Weissenburg, and Gaito Gazdanov. After her are Olga Bergholz, Marcin Kromer, William Goldman, Fritz Reuter, Fernando de Herrera, and Philoxenus of Cythera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka ranks 169. Before her are Walton Walker, Angelo Iachino, Arthur Waley, Mikha'il Na'ima, Ludwig Renn, and Recep Peker. After her are Shōji Nishimura, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, W. S. Van Dyke, Łucja Frey, Gerhard Marcks, and Hulusi Behçet. Among people deceased in 1968, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka ranks 123. Before her are Mae Marsh, Harry Stenqvist, R. Norris Williams, Ugo Frigerio, Fay Bainter, and Vahram Papazian. After her are Ivan Pyryev, Khuang Aphaiwong, J. L. B. Smith, Rose Wilder Lane, Segismundo Casado, and Ibrahim Moustafa.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka ranks 778 out of 1,694. Before her are Walter Laqueur (1921), Dagmara Domińczyk (1976), Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853), Rudolf Ramek (1881), Rainer Barzel (1924), and Władysław Taczanowski (1819). After her are Marcin Kromer (1512), Joanna Chmielewska (1932), Abraham Brill (1874), Bernhard Goetzke (1884), Fritz Laband (1925), and Kazimierz Sabbat (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka ranks 86. Before her are Hermann Rauschning (1887), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Anna Langfus (1920), Simonas Daukantas (1793), and Johann Christian Günther (1695). After her are Marcin Kromer (1512), Joanna Chmielewska (1932), Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919), Mascha Kaléko (1907), Halina Konopacka (1900), and Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835).

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