central Poland and then into the so-called "Recovered Territories" in now western Poland. After the war, the communist authorities of the People's Republic of Poland initiated a campaign to force the Roma to settle and abandon their traditional lifestyle. As a result, she and her family lived first near Poznań - in Przeźmierowo - then, after her husband's death, in Gorzów Wielkopolski. In October 2006, Alfreda Markowska was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta for saving Jewish and Roma children during World War II. At that time, then-President of Poland Lech Kaczyński commended her "for heroism and uncommon bravery, for exceptional merit in saving human lives". Markowska died on 30 January 2021, at the age of 94. References Polish Romani people 1926 births 2021 deaths People from Ivano-Frankivsk Romani genocide survivors Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta People who rescued Roma during the Romani genocide Polish people who rescued Jews during the Holocaust