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Oct 01, 1910 Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland Died on 02 Dec 2010 (aged 100) Libra
Jadwiga Lenartowicz Rylko - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Jadwiga Lenartowicz Rylko
- Dr.
- Jadwiga Lenartowicz-Rylko (October 1, 1910 – December 2, 2010) was a Polish Catholic physician imprisoned in the Ravensbruck, Gross-Rosen, Neusalz, and Flossenbürg concentration camps operated by the German Third Reich during World War II.
- While Lenartowicz was incarcerated as a political prisoner, she was assigned to medically treat the prisoners held captive in Adolf Hitler's multiple Nazi concentration camps by working as a camp doctor.
- Lenartowicz was the daughter of a feldsher.
- As Lenartowicz grew up, she watched her father take care of his patients in the city of Lódz.
- She went on to follow in his footsteps going into the medicine.
- Once completed with medical school, she would go on to her residency at the Anna Maria Hospital.
- World War II would affect her life the most when she would be arrested by the Gestapo.
