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#OTD in 1890, Józefa Fuks (Fuchsówna) was born. Let me tell you her... She grew up in Stanisławów (now in modern-day Ukraine). After graduating high school, she worked in the Municipal Savings Bank. In 1913, she joined the Riflemen's Association, a paramilitary organisation that was one of the pretexts to Piłsudski's Legions. They trained soldiers, and Józefa also underwent some training herself. Józefa joined the Polish Women's League when the First World War broke out. This organisation was created in 1913, but during the FWW, one of the tasks that they carried out was aiding the soldiers of Piłsudski's Legions, especially those who were wounded or taken prisoner. She was also a member of 2 other committees at this time. She did all she could to help those fighting on the front lines. The oath crisis happened in 1917 when the Polish troops refused to swear an oath to the German Emperor Wilhelm II. It was about this time that Józefa joined the Polish Military Organization (POW). Most of the leadership had been arrested at this point. So, the organisation began to fight for an independent Poland. She was arrested in 1918 for helping Polish Legionnaires escape internment camps and imprisoned, but she was released in October of the same year. After Poland's independence, border disputes broke out, including one with the Ukrainian People's Republic. Józefa was still working for the POW, and she was arrested, imprisoned and then sentenced to death. But it was never carried out because a Ukrainian-Polish alliance was signed, and she was released. During the interwar period, she devoted herself to social work. In 1935, she ran for the parliamentary elections but did not win. In September 1939, Poland was first invaded by the Germans and then the Soviets 17 days later. Józefa was one of many women arrested and imprisoned. She was arrested in May 1940, and shortly after, she was murdered in what is known as the Katyń Massacre—the murder of 22,000 Polish officers and intelligentsia. #History #WW2