Antonina Wyrzykowska

{{Short description|Polish Righteous Among the Nations}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Antonina Wyrzykowska

| image = Antonina-Boruch-Wyrzykowska fot Adam-Hayder.jpg

| birth_name = Antonina Karwowska

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|8|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Janczewko

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|11|29|1916|8|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Milanówek

| nationality = Polish

| spouse = Aleksander Wyrzykowski

| honours = Righteous Among the Nations

Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

}}

{{Righteous Among the Nations}}

Antonina Wyrzykowska, née Karwowska (12 August 1916 – 29 November 2011){{Cite web|url=https://wyborcza.pl/1,75248,10734702,Zmarla_pani_Antonia_Wyrzykowska_z_Jedwabnego.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Wyborcza.pl|website=wyborcza.pl}} was a Polish Righteous Among the Nations known for helping Jews who fled the Jedwabne pogrom.[http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/family.html?language=en&itemId=4035463 Antonina Wyrzykowska] – her activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website{{Cite web|url=http://archiwum.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/59542,Woman-who-helped-Jedwabne-Jews-dies|title=Woman who helped Jedwabne Jews dies|website=Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy}} She was also decorated with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by Poland's President Lech Kaczyński.{{Cite web|url=https://marucha.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/bedziemy-sie-czuli-jak-w-domu/|title=Będziemy się czuli jak w domu|date=14 April 2011}} Her husband, Aleksander Wyrzykowski, was also honoured as Righteous Among the Nations.[http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/family.html?language=en&itemId=4035463 Aleksander Wyrzykowski] at Yad Vashem website