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Wartime Portraits: Women: Season 1
January 31, 2023
5 Episodes
~31 min per episode
Overview
No overview available for this season.
Episodes
5
1
Halina Szymanska
Jan 31, 2023
31 min
Halina Szymanska (1906 - 1989) wife of the last Polish military attach茅 in Berlin. After the outbreak of WWII, she meets admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr. As a result of this meeting, Halina becomes a Polish-British MI6 spy.
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2
Halina Szwarc
Feb 14, 2023
30 min
Sixteen-year-old Halina Szwarc volunteered for the conspiracy. In the Third Reich, she conducted sabotage and espionage activities, gaining invaluable information about the activities of the German army.
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3
Wladyslawa Macieszyna
Feb 28, 2023
30 min
Wladyslawa Macieszyna (1888 - 1967) served in the Pilsudski Legions, was a senator of the 4th term of the interwar parliament. During World War II, she maintained contact with the Polish intelligence network in Germany.
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4
Helena Marusarz贸wna
Mar 20, 2023
31 min
Helena Marusarz贸wna, champion in alpine skiing. From September 1939, she participated in the Polish resistance movement, acting as a secret courier, whose duties included carrying mail, money along mountain trails, and leading people.
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5
Wanda Gertz
Mar 29, 2023
30 min
Wanda Gertz disguised as a man took part in World War I, and then continued her military career fighting in the Polish-Soviet War and becoming J贸zef Pilsudski's trusted secretary.
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