Halina Grabowski

Halina Matysiak Grabowski was a member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II. At the age of 16 she fought in the Warsaw Uprising against the German occupation of Warsaw.

Life

Halina Grabowski was born on 29 January 1928, in Warsaw. Aged 16, she served as a nurse, messenger and combatant in the Warsaw Uprising. She was wounded, and became a prisoner of war.
She met her husband, George Grabowski, in Germany and married him in England on 2 October 1948. In 1952 they moved to Cleveland, Ohio. She died on 23 April 2003, in Independence, Ohio.
Grabowski was awarded four medals by the Polish Government at a ceremony in Cleveland. She was also awarded the Armia Krajowa Cross.