Małgorzata Król
One may ask how it happened that the widowed mother of six children joined Szymon Konarski’s conspiracy? It is hard to believe that – burdened with responsibility for a large family and aware of the consequences, risking her own happiness and safety, as well as the safety of her loved ones – she could devote herself to conspiracy activities. She became involved with the association, probably not thinking that she would soon become Konarski’s main collaborator and also a special prisoner after her arrest.
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Małgorzata Król is a professor at The John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin
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