Halina SIEMIEŃSKA (1913-1944), Urban, 1941

Woodcut, paper 15 x 15 cm in light passe - partout;
Urban, 1941; Graphic is reproduced on Wikipedia pages.
Halina Laura Siemieńska (1913-1944), h. Leszczyc, a.k.a. "Zygmunt" (born June 30, 1913 in Warsaw, died August[a] 3, 1944 there) - Polish graphic artist, participant in the Warsaw Uprising. Halina Laura Siemieńska was the daughter of Józef Jan Siemieński (1882-1941), doctor of philosophy, historian, archivist, director of the Central Archives in Warsaw, who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1941, and Halina née Zawadzka h. Rogala (1890-1943), social activist. Halina Siemieńska was mistakenly arrested by the Gestapo in 1943, instead of her daughter, and was killed during the action at the Arsenal on March 26, 1943; her brother was lawyer and bank director Zbigniew Siemieński (1909-1989). Halina Siemieńska was the cousin of Home Army soldier Tadeusz Zawadzki alias "Zoska," the author of the plan for the Arsenal action.