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Zofia Olszakowska-Glazer

1915 – 2007

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Zofia Glazer, née Olszakowska (12 April 1915 – 20 November 2007), was a Polish educator and resistance member during World War II, involved in rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. Zofia is known for rescuing Cypora Zonszajn née Jabłoń (1915–1942). The two were close friends from the prewar Gymnasium of Queen Jadwiga in the city of Siedlce, in the Second Polish Republic. Cypora (Cypa) was a Polish Jew born into an affluent family. Zofia was the daughter of a local Catholic pharmacist in Siedlce. They studied together for their final matura exam, after which the two girls went their separate way