Anna Stupnicka-Bando holds the title Righteous Among the Nations, given by Yad Vashem to those who saved Jews during the Holocaust at risk to themselves.
The record lists Anna Stupnicka-Bando as Polish Righteous Among the Nations.
Anna Stupnicka-Bando was born at Końskie in 1929. Her recorded nationality is Poland. She was educated at Medical University of Warsaw.
By occupation Anna Stupnicka-Bando was neurologist and physician - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Rescue during the Holocaust was not a grand gesture but a sequence of small, repeatable risks taken over months or years.
Recognition: Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008), Righteous Among the Nations (1983), Pro Patria Medal (2017) and Medal of the Centenary of Regained Independence (2018).
Achievements
- Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta — 2008
- Righteous Among the Nations — 1983
- Pro Patria Medal — 2017
- Medal of the Centenary of Regained Independence — 2018
- Pro Bono Poloniae Medal — 2018
- Worked as neurologist and physician
- Educated at Medical University of Warsaw
