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@MikeDunnAuthor My father was an atheist and pacifist and hated religion, but many times spoke of his admiration for quakers, for just this sort of thing.

Today in Labor History November 27, 1898: Maria Vetulani was born. She was a soldier in Poland’s war for independence, the Polish-Ukrainian war, and in World War II, as well as a fierce opponent of fascism. In 1918, she fought in the defense of Lvov against the Ukrainian occupation. She had to disguise herself as a man, because women weren’t allowed in combat then. In the 1920s, she became a socialist and married the communist Bohdan de Nisau, who was later imprisoned, tortured and murdered under Stalin. She fled the USSR and moved to Warsaw, where she helped hide Jews from the Nazis. In 1944 she participated in the Warsaw Uprising, where she was wounded. The Nazis killed her in her hospital bed. Her son also participated in the uprising and survived.#workingclass #LaborHistory #fascism #nazis #antifascism #worldwartwo #sexism #feminism #poland #ukraine #independence #soviet #communism #socialism #ussr #uprising #antisemitism #holocaust #stalin