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Facts About Stefania Podgorska

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Stefania Podgorska

The holocaust was a time of tragedy that probably felt as if it lasted a lifetime for the people who suffered terribly. It was very nice to find that some people were kind enough to want to help the people in need even if it meant risking their own lives. I did my research on Stefania Podgorska and as I give you some facts about her, her life, and what occurred you will find that she impacted the lives of many in a great way. To give some information about Stefania, for starters her full name was Stefania Fusia Podgorska. Stefania was born to a Catholic family in a village near Przemysl on a large farm in in 1985 in Lipa, Poland. Her father worked with farmhands in the fields and her mother was

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