Recipients - Person - Instytut Pileckiego
See also
- Erzsébet Szápáry (1902-1980) Antal Szápáry (1905-1972)
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Erzsébet Szápáry (1902-1980) Antal Szápáry (1905-1972)
Erzsébet and Antal Szápáry came from a famous family of Hungarian aristocrats. Their mother, Maria Przeździecka, was a Pole, and this fact had a bearing on their involvement in relief activities for Polish refugees after 1939.
- Ilona Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka
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Ilona Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka
(1917–1990)Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Ilona Andrássy was working together with other aristocrats, established the Hungarian-Polish Refugee Welfare Committee in Budapest.
- Ecaterina Olimpia Caradja (1893–1993)
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Ecaterina Olimpia Caradja (1893–1993)
“Kurier Polski” published in Bucharest on 3 December 1939 was full of alarming headlines: “The Soviet attack on Finland”, “Executions and deportations.” One of them gave people hope: “Under the care of Princess Caragea. Home for mothers and chilldren.”
