A Polish Catholic nun cooperated with Polish nurse, humanitarian, and social worker who served in the Polish Underground in what war?
Matylda Getter Matylda Getter (1870–1968) was a Polish Catholic nun, mother provincial of CSFFM (lat. "Congregatio Sororum Franciscalium Familiae Mariae") - Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary in Warsaw and social worker in pre-war Poland. In German-occupied Warsaw during World War II she cooperated with the famous Irena Sendler and the Żegota resistance organization in saving the lives of hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. She was recognized as one of Polish Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem organisation. for her rescue activities.
Lucyan Bójnowski Rev. Lucyan Bójnowski (February 5, 1868 - July 28, 1960) was a Polonia activist and Catholic priest who served as pastor in New Britain, Connecticut. He grew up in a noble family in Świerzbutów, Poland from which he gained a strong sense of public service for the less fortunate. He escaped Poland under Russian occupation to avoid conscription. He arrived in the United States in 1888 and studied at Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary at Orchard Lake, Michigan, a highly-Polish settlement at the time. He became an ordained priest and led the construction of Sacred Heart Parish in New Britain, Connecticut. He drew many parishioners and Polish immigrants flocked to his growing church, expanding its construction and design. A Polish bank, printing operation, and newspaper were started within his church. He fought against a growing dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church among his parishioners, who wanted to establish an independent church like the Polish National Catholic Church. He was vocal in fighting back against these voices, and remained an influential voice of Polonia, although at odds with Francis Hodur and the Polish National Catholic Church. John B. Frantz of the Pennsylvania State University identifies Bojnowski as entirely "pragmatic" in that he stayed loyal to the Catholic Church despite his own aversion to the Irish and German domination because he viewed Polish leadership as possible, and wanted to "substitute his own strong leadership for that of an alien bishop." He never reached the status of bishop, but his influence was felt among Polonia politically. He was very active in Polish issues nationally and recruited Polish parishioners for World War I and World War II. His influence among Polonia had decreased by the time of World War II, according to historian James S. Pula, who wrote, "his often unbecoming rhetoric helped to drive further wedges in Polonia at the expense of unity in support of Poland."