Natalia Żarska

Natalia Żarska, born Michałkowicz (born March 5, 1906 in Lviv, died February 14, 2001 in Olsztyn) - Polish teacher, Honorary Citizen Olsztyn.

She was the daughter of Stefan and Catherine of Samosia's house. She left Lviv with her family in connection with the activities of the First World War. She spent part of the war in Tomaszów Lubelskie, then moved to Włocławek. In Włocławek, she graduated from junior high school and two years of studies in Pedagogy. Wladyslaw Spasowski (1927). She also studied history at the University of Warsaw. However, she did not finish her studies, but she was granted the right to teach history at elementary level. From 1927 she was a teacher of Polish at a general school in Włocławek. At the same time, it was a social activity. In 1938 she moved to Rybnik for a year, but returned to Wloclawek after the outbreak of World War II. In December 1939 she was transferred to Pruszków with her family, where she continued to work as a teacher. At the same time, she participated in the secret teaching of Polish and history at secondary and high school level and she dealt with the distribution of the underground press. Polonist studies conducted at the secret University of the Western Territories during this period culminated in a master's degree in 1947 (at the Poznań University).

In 1948 she married a veteran of the Tobruk Jan Żarski fight and a year later she moved to Olsztyn. In 1959, she started the school of Adam Mickiewicz, and in 1965 built a patron's monument at the school (Balbina Switycz-Widacka's chisel). During nearly 30 years working in high school (retired in 1977) she organized circles of interest in art history and theater, launched the school newspaper ("Merkuriusz Szkolny"), took care of the activity of the scout camp. She also worked at the Methodist Center for Educators in Olsztyn and extramarital Teacher Training. Since 1961 she was a lecturer of Polish language and culture for foreigners-students of the University of Agriculture in Olsztyn (later the Agricultural and Technical Academy, which became the pillar of the University of Warmia and Mazury in 1999).

After retiring, she continued to participate in the cultural and social life of Olsztyn and the high school. Mickiewicz. Acted, among others. in the Olsztyn branch of the Literary Society im. Adam Mickiewicz. In 1995 she was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen Olsztyn (alongside Jadwiga Lindner, Jan Lubomirski and Kazimierz Pacer). She also received the Golden Badge of the Polish Navy and the Silver Cross of Merit (before 1939). Knight of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, Gold Cross of Merit, Medal of the National Education Commission, Meritorious Meritorious Cultural Activist. It rests in the municipal cemetery in Olsztyn (q G43 row 9 grave 20).

In 2002 the City Council of Olsztyn named Natalia Żarska one of the streets of Olsztyn. Bibliography

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