What is Zofia Posmysz?
{{Infobox person |name = Zofia Posmysz |image = Zofia Posmysz (Auschwitz Nr 7566).jpg |image_size = |caption = Zofia Posmysz as inmate No 7566 at the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]], 1942 |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|08|23|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Kraków]], Poland |death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|08|08|1923|08|23|df=y}} |death_place = [[Oświęcim]], Poland | alma_mater = [[University of Warsaw]] | employer = [[Polskie Radio]] | awards = [[Order of Polonia Restituta]]<br>[[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] |known_for = ''[[Passenger (Posmysz novel)|Passenger]]'' |nationality=Polish }} '''Zofia Posmysz-Piasecka''' ({{nee|'''Posmysz'''}}; 23 August 1923 – 8 August 2022) was a Polish journalist, novelist, and author. She was a resistance fighter in [[World War II]]. She survived imprisonment at the [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] and [[Ravensbrück concentration camp]]s. She was known for her autobiography ''Passenger from Cabin 45'', which later became the plot for her 1962 novel ''[[Passenger (Posmysz novel)|Passenger]]''. Posmysz died in [[Oświęcim]], [[Poland]] on 8 August 2022, at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite news |title=Odeszła Zofia Posmysz |url=https://faktyoswiecim.pl/fakty/odeszla-zofia-posmysz/ |access-date=8 August 2022 |publisher=Fakty Oświęcim |date=8 August 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Posmysz, Zofia}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Polish novelists]] [[Category:Polish journalists]] [[Category:Polish Jews]] [[Category:Holocaust survivors]] [[Category:Writers from Kraków]] {{bio-stub}}