The Girl Who Acted Right

On August 28, 1946 the communist authorities (ruling Poland occupied by Soviets since 1945) murdered this 17 year old girl whose crime was being a medical orderly in the anti-communist underground. Her name was Danuta Siedzikówna, nickname Inka.

She was captured in July 1946. While in prison she was beaten and tortured but refused to give up any information about her contacts in the anti-communist underground and their meeting points. She was sentenced to death after a "trial" that lasted two hours only.

In her last secret letter smuggled out of the prison she wrote: "Please tell my grandmother, that I have acted right".

Six days before her 18th birthday she was tied to a wooden stake in the basement of the prison. She refused a blindfold.

Members of the firing squad didn't want to kill her. All of them missed on purpose, only grazing her body with several bullets. It was the firing squad leader who eventually killed her with a handgun.

Her last words were "Niech żyje Polska!" (Long live Poland!) and "Niech żyje Łupaszka" (her commanding officer).

Her body was not returned to her Grandma. Inka was buried clandestinely and unrespectfully by the authorities. Her remains were eventually found and DNA-confirmed in 2014/2015.

Please read more about her:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danuta_Siedzikówna
(her parents were war heroes too).

I took this photo at a concert dedicated to our indomitable soldiers in early 2013.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7FjtfTs9pE
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Podziemna+Armia+powraca