Janina Melberg was a brilliant mathematician posing as a Polish Countess Janina Suchodolska to hide her Jewish identity during the Nazi occupation in WWII Poland. She simultaneously joined the both the Polish Welfare Council (RGO)--and secretly the Polish Underground--and bravely organized food and relief supplies for Poles incarcerated in the infamous Majdanek Concentration Camp. Co-authors Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa trace the long-hidden history of this remarkable and previously unknown woman, and how they posthumously discovered and researched her story for their book, &quot;Counterfeit Countess.&quot; (Publisher) Janina ended up escaping to the U.S. following the war, ultimately finishing her academic career at the University of Chicago. Heroes Behind Headlines Executive Producer Ralph Pezzullo Produced &amp; Engineered by Mike Dawson Music provided by ExtremeMusic.com<a href='https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements/cold-case-wa-podcast-returns-series-2' target='_blank'>Cold Case Western Australia</a> <div>They're the crimes that continue to haunt grieving family members and the wider... Listen on: <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/western-australia-police-force-cold-case/id1719552389' target='_blank'>Apple Podcasts</a> &nbsp; <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/72GQoTOJyu6yYhM0rvIoZU?si=c6efcee10bf44b62' target='_blank'>Spotify</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Janina Melberg was a brilliant mathematician posing as a Polish Countess Janina Suchodolska to hide her Jewish identity during the Nazi occupation in WWII Poland. She simultaneously joined the both the Polish Welfare Council (RGO)--and secretly the Polish Underground--and bravely organized food and relief supplies for Poles incarcerated in the infamous Majdanek Concentration Camp. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Co-authors Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa trace the long-hidden history of this remarkable and previously unknown woman, and how they posthumously discovered and researched her story for their book, &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Counterfeit Countess&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; (Publisher) Janina ended up escaping to the U.S. following the war, ultimately finishing her academic career at the University of Chicago.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Heroes Behind Headlines&lt;br/&gt;Executive Producer Ralph Pezzullo&lt;br/&gt;Produced &amp;amp; Engineered by Mike Dawson&lt;br/&gt;Music provided by ExtremeMusic.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements/cold-case-wa-podcast-returns-series-2' target='_blank'&gt;Cold Case Western Australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;They're the crimes that continue to haunt grieving family members and the wider...&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listen on: &lt;a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/western-australia-police-force-cold-case/id1719552389' target='_blank'&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/72GQoTOJyu6yYhM0rvIoZU?si=c6efcee10bf44b62' target='_blank'&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Janina Melberg was a brilliant mathematician posing as a Polish Countess Janina Suchodolska to hide her Jewish identity during the Nazi occupation in WWII Poland. She simultaneously joined the both the Polish Welfare Council (RGO)--and secretly the Polish Underground--and bravely organized food and relief supplies for Poles incarcerated in the infamous Majdanek Concentration Camp. Co-authors Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa trace the long-hidden history of this remarkable and previously un...

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Counterfeit Polish Countess Saved Thousands in WWII!

Counterfeit Polish Countess Saved Thousands in WWII!

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