{{short description|Member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
thumb|right|dressed for a return visit to Warsaw<ref name=visit>{{Cite web |title=Story of Rescue - The Grabowski family {{!}} Polscy Sprawiedliwi |url=https://sprawiedliwi.org.pl/en/stories-of-rescue/story-rescue-grabowski-family |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=sprawiedliwi.org.pl}}</ref> '''Halina Matysiak Grabowski''' (29 January 1928–23 April 2003) was a member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II. At the age of 16 she fought in the Warsaw Uprising against the German occupation of Warsaw.<ref name=DWW>{{cite book | editor-first =Anne | editor-last=Commire | editor-link=Anne Commire | editor2-first=Deborah | editor2-last=Klezmer | chapter=Grabowski, Halina (1928–2003) | title=Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages | year=2006 | chapter-url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/grabowski-halina-1928-2003 }}</ref>
==Life== Halina Grabowski was born on 29 January 1928,<ref name=DWW/> in Warsaw. Aged 16, she served as a nurse, messenger and combatant in the Warsaw Uprising.<ref name=Obit>{{cite web | title=Halina Grabowski Obituary | url=https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/halina-grabowski-obituary?id=17760664 | website=obits.cleveland.com | access-date=October 6, 2022 }}</ref> She was wounded, and became a prisoner of war.<ref name=DWW/>
She met her husband, George Grabowski, in Germany and married him in England on 2 October 1948.<ref name=Obit/> In 1952 they moved to Cleveland, Ohio. She died on 23 April 2003, in Independence, Ohio.<ref name=DWW/>
Grabowski was awarded four medals by the Polish Government at a ceremony in Cleveland.<ref name=Obit/> She was also awarded the Armia Krajowa Cross.<ref name=DWW/>
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==External links== * Mike DeWine, [https://justfacts.votesmart.org/public-statement/18569/tribute-to-halina-grabowski Tribute to Halina Grabowski], August 1, 2003
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