Polish nun who rescued Jews during Holocaust dies at 110

[TexasTowelie]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say that a 110-year-old woman believed to be the world's oldest nun and a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, has died.

Father Pawel Rytel-Andrianik, spokesman for Poland's Roman Catholic Church, on Thursday confirmed the death of Sister Cecylia Roszak last week at a Dominican convent in Krakow.

He described her as "probably the oldest nun in the world" and someone remembered as saying that "life is so short and passes so quickly."

Born March 25, 1908, Roszak joined the convent at age 21. During the German occupation of Poland during World War II, when she was in her 30s, she was one of several nuns who set up a new convent near Vilnius, today in Lithuania, sheltering Jews who had escaped the ghetto there.

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[chillfactor]

1. may she rest in peace....

[Ilsa]

2. RIP with the angels now, as you were one on earth.

[llmart]

3. If you haven't discovered this PBS show yet...

you may want to check it out. It's a series hosted by Ann Curry (love her) titled "We'll Meet Again". It's in its second season. They reunite people who were connected in some way years and years ago and their stories are usually historically interesting. This week's episode was of two men who became fast friends while in Auswitz during the holocaust and one gentlemen who played with a little girl in a refugee camp in upstate New York. So amazing that these men are still alive and thriving after their heinous experiences. The pain in Ann Curry's eyes as she listens to their stories is palpable, and I challenge you to watch it without renewing your resolve to fight the anti-immigrant policies of this current administration.