Tulashevich, Natalia

In 1926, Natalia Tulashevich graduated from a gymnasium led by nuns from the congregation “Sisters of Ursulanka of the Roman Union”, after which she continued her studies at the University of Poznan with a degree in Polish philology. In 1931 she graduated from her studies and a year later and in 1932, having defended a diploma on the subject “Mickiewicz and Music”, she received a master's degree in Polish philology. From 1931-1937 she taught at the private school and gymnasium of the Ursulan sisters.

In 1939, after the occupation of Poland by German troops, she was evicted with her family to Krakow , where she began to engage in underground teaching. Since 1943, she lived in Hanover as an underground plenipotentiary representative of the Polish government in exile , also participating in the conspiratorial organization "West". In the spring of 1944, the activities of the underground group were uncovered and Natalia Tulashevich was arrested. For six months, she was under investigation in the prisons of Hanover and Cologne , where she was subjected to numerous tortures. In the fall of 1944, Natalia Tulashevich was sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp , where she died on March 31, 1945.

After the death of Natalia Tulashevich, her personal diary was discovered, which was subsequently published (see the “Works” section).

On June 13, 1999, Natalia Tulashevich was beatified by Pope John Paul II along with other Polish martyrs of World War II .

Memorial Day - June 12th .

• Natalia Tułasiewicz “Byc poetka życia. Zapiski z lat 1938-1943. " Wydawnictwo Wydziału Teologicznego UAM, Poznan, 2006 (Polish)

• Sylwia Palka, Poprzez ziemię ukochała niebo, Miesięcznik Wychowawca (Polish)

Index of Saints (Italian)