Józefa Kantor
Encyclopedia
Józefa Kantor was a Polish
teacher, Scoutmaster (harcmistrzyni) founder of the Girl Scouts group "Mury
".
Kantor was arrested on November 9, 1940 by the Gestapo
and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp
(inmate number 7261), where she established the secret Girl Scout group "Mury" in November, 1941.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
teacher, Scoutmaster (harcmistrzyni) founder of the Girl Scouts group "Mury
Mury
This article is about the Second World War Polish Scouting organisation. For article about the song, see Mury .Mury was a clandestine Girl Scouts group organized by young Polish women who were political prisoners in the concentration camp in Ravensbrück...
".
Kantor was arrested on November 9, 1940 by the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp
Ravensbrück concentration camp
Ravensbrück was a notorious women's concentration camp during World War II, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück ....
(inmate number 7261), where she established the secret Girl Scout group "Mury" in November, 1941.