Zofia Czekalska “Sosenka”, an rebel liaison within the “Chrobry II” group, a nurse, died on the age of 100. Details about her demise was supplied by the mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski. “Ms. Zofia, >>Sosenko<< - thanks for every part. Warsaw will at all times bear in mind you," he wrote.
“>>The girl is getting youthful and youthful!<< - I stated each time we met. And it wasn't an official courtesy. As a result of anybody may envy her the vitality and enthusiasm she at all times had (I definitely did). As a result of each time she had an infectious smile that virtually by no means left her face," wrote the mayor of Warsaw on the X platform.
He added that the final time he noticed “Sosenka” was on the Easter assembly on the Warsaw Insurgents’ Home. “Sadly, there might be no extra conferences. Thanks for every of those who I had the dignity to expertise. Zofia Czekalska >>Sosenka< - Powstańczyni, bohaterka i po prostu wspaniała osoba - odeszła w wieku 100 lat. Pani Zofio, >>Sosenko<< - dziękujemy za wszystko. Warszawa zawsze będzie o Pani pamiętać” - podkreślił.
“I’ve at all times been a Woman Scout. And this schooling stayed with us. In our complete circle, our firm. Later, our fates have been consistently linked with scouting.”
She was born on July 6, 1923 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. She spent the primary 21 years of her life there, coming to Warsaw throughout the occupation. On the age of 13, she turned a scout, which largely formed her and her beliefs. “I’ve at all times been a Woman Scout. And this schooling stayed with us. In our complete circle, our firm. Later, our destiny was consistently linked with scouting,” stated Czekalska throughout an interview performed by the Warsaw Rebellion Museum as a part of the “Oral Historical past Archive” program.
“The W hour discovered me in Śródmieście. I lived on ul. Sienna 45, on the sixth flooring. I noticed the primary photographs at Grzybowski Sq.. There was some secret weapons manufacturing facility there or one thing. The boys fly with flags and go loopy. Persons are hiding,” she stated in regards to the starting of the combating.
Through the rebellion, she served as a liaison within the “Chrobry II” group, and later additionally as a nurse. She spent all this time in Śródmieście. After the capitulation, she was despatched to a prisoner of struggle camp. After liberation, she returned to Poland, first to her hometown of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and later to Warsaw, the place she has lived till now.
After the struggle, she did what she cherished most – knitting, stitching, embroidery. For a few years she labored in numerous theaters in Warsaw, stitching stage costumes.
“The rebellion was an enormous shock for her. For a very long time she did not need to speak about it. For numerous causes, together with: political, she was afraid of the results it’d trigger.”
“The rebellion was an enormous shock for her. For a very long time she did not need to speak about it. For numerous causes, together with: political, she was afraid of the results it’d trigger,” Dr. Karol Mazur, head of the Instructional Division of the Warsaw Rebellion Museum, instructed PAP in 2023.
“Years later, she opened up due to her granddaughter who turned a scout. It was already the Nineteen Nineties and he or she nonetheless had issues. Then her granddaughter instructed her: >>grandmother, you possibly can inform the story now<. Obie odwiedziły wówczas Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego i tak poznaliśmy Zosię >>Pine<. Cudowną osobę” – dodał dr Mazur. „Ma bardzo dobre zdolności komunikacyjne z młodzieżą. Wiele razy brała udział w lekcjach muzealnych i zawsze były one pełne emocji i historii. Były to najcudowniejsze lekcje, jakie tu prowadziliśmy. Potrafiła przekazać swoje spontaniczne emocje najbardziej zmanierowanym i zniechęconym młodym ludziom. Taki przekaz zapamiętują bardziej niż treści czytane w książkach. >>Sosenka<< jest dobrym duchem naszego muzeum” – podsumował.
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In an interview with PAP, “Sosenka” stated that from her rebel beliefs she wish to move on to younger folks “the message of serving to others and obeying the scout legislation.”
On July 29, 2018, Zofia Czekalska was awarded the Golden Cross of Benefit by the president “for her providers in commemorating the reality about Poland’s trendy historical past.” (PAP)
writer: Katarzyna Krzykowska, Tomasz Szczerbicki
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