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Warsaw Uprising Veteran and Activist Wanda Traczyk-Stawska Dies Aged 99

Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, a veteran of the Warsaw Uprising against Nazi-German occupation during World War Two, has died aged 99. Traczyk-Stawska, who survived imp…

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Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, codename "Pączek," a Home Army soldier and participant in the Warsaw Uprising, has died at the age of 99. "Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, a heroine of the Warsaw Uprising, fought for the freedom of our homeland and our city, armed and armed. For years she was a teacher, devoting herself primarily to working with children with disabilities. She was an extraordinary person, a hero, although she never liked being called that. Excepti…

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Our heroine, dear Mrs. Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, codename "Pączek," has passed away, the city of Warsaw announced on Platform X. The Warsaw Uprising soldier was 99 years old.

·Warsaw, Poland
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At 5 p.m., a book of condolences will be opened in the Memorial Room at the Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery, Rafał Trzaskowski announced.

·Kraków, Poland
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Wanda Traczyk-Stawska has died. The legendary Warsaw Uprising veteran died at the age of 99. In her last interview with "Wprost" in November 2023, she confessed: "It pains me that opposition parties only look out for their own good, not the good of the country. This should change."

We lived in one room with my grandfather, without a toilet, without running water, with six children. War is the worst event in anyone's life. I feel very sorry for Ukraine. If I were younger, I would have gone to help them because I was a good shot," said Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, a liaison officer and rifleman, codenamed "Pączek." The Warsaw Uprising heroine died at the age of 99. We are reiterating the conversation, originally published in 2024.

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