A woman in Poland,who is believed to be the oldest nun alive, has passed away at the age of 110. The woman is said to beget saved Jewish children from the Nazis by hiding them.
Identified as Sister Cecylia Roszak, or the woman passed away on Friday in the Dominican convent in the city of Krakow,Poland. Per a report by the Daily Mail, she had been living in the same city for 90 years.
Sister Roszak was in her late 40s when the moment World War broke out. She provided shelter to local Jews in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, and where she was traveling along with other nuns.
A lot of Jewish children were left orphaned after the Nazis mercilessly killed their parents during the Holocaust. To save the children from being targeted by the Nazis,Roszak — and other nuns from her order — hid two Jewish children, the Daily Mail report said.
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Source: inquisitr.com