Stefania Burzmińska

Stefania Burzmińska or Diamant (née Podgórska; between  1921 and 1926  September 2018), was a Polish-born American woman who was awarded with the title of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1979 for hiding 13 Jews in her apartment during the German occupation of Poland from 1939 to 1945 during World War II.
 Early biography 
Stefania Burzmińska or Diamant (née Podgórska) was born between  1921 and 1926, probably somewhere in Przemyśl County, Second Polish Republic (today located in Poland). Her father died in 1938 after suffering from a serious illness. In 1939, Stefania Podgórska started working in the city of Przemyśl in a shop which was owned by the Jewish Diamant family. Sometime during the German occupation of Poland from 1939 to 1945, Stefania Podgórska hid 13 Jews in the attic of her house. The 13 Jews that Stefania Podgórska hid and rescued were refugees fleeing and escaping from the German officers. All 13 of the Jews who were rescued and hidden by Podgórska survived the Holocaust and were ultimately liberated and freed by the Soviet Red Army. After their liberation, Stefania Podgórska married Max Diamant, who was one of the 13 Jews she hid in the attic of her house, and Stefania adoped her husband's surname Diamant after their marriage.
 Later life, death, and funeral 
In 1961, the couple Stefania and her husband Max Diamant ultimately left Poland and immigrated to the United States. While in the United States, Max Diamant changed his name to Józef Burzmiński, which is why Stefania Diamant changed her name to Stefania Burzmińska. In 1979, Stefania Burzmińska was awarded with the title of the Righteous Among the Nations and was even given a medal for severely risking her life to save 13 Jews which she hid in her attic in German-occupied Poland during World War II, which was punishable by death. Stefania Burzmińska died in September 2018 in the city of Los Angeles, United States, aged somewhere between  91 and 97 years old. 
Stefania Burzmińska was remembered for the efforts and humanitarian actions she undertook during World War II to save and rescue Jews at her funeral ceremony and burial.

Category:1921 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Polish people
Category:American people