In memoriam Halina Najdner (1926-2017)

Abstract

Halina Najder, neé Paschalska (primo voto Carroll) was born in 1926 in Warsaw. She was home-schooled at Konstancin and she passed the exams in Emilia Plater’s lycée in Warsaw.1 After the outbreak of World War II in 1943, aged 17, she joined the “Gray Ranks” (Szare Szeregi), the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association (Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego) which became part of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa). She served as a nurse and liaison and used the pseudonyms “Dan owska” and “Hala”. Her battalion led a successful attack on the Mostowski Palace.2[...]