Supercentenarian Profile

Jadwiga Szubartowicz

Born:

1905-10-16

Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship,

Poland

Died:

2017-07-20

Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship,

Poland

Jadwiga Szubartowicz was a Polish supercentenarian. Her age is currently under review by LongeviQuest.

BIOGRAPHY

Jadwiga Szubartowicz was born in Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland (then Lublin, Russian Empire), on 16 October 1905. As a child, she lived in Sankt Petersburg together with her parents, sister and brother. There she witnessed the 1917 Russian revolution during which her father died. Along with the rest of her family, she returned to Poland. There she graduated from Ursuline sisters’ gymnasium. Together with her sister, she completed 5 years of pedagogical studies and worked as an accountant in her adult life. She survived World War II in Lublin and memorizes the action of saving the famous Jan Matejko painting “Battle of Grunwald” from the Nazi occupants. Sadly, her brother was arrested in Kraków by Nazis and killed in Buchenwald concentration camp. After the war, Jadwiga married Antoni Szubartowicz who was a veteran of the battle of Monte Cassino. The couple didn’t have children and they have been married for 50 years.

Jadwiga Szubartowicz passed away in Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland on 20 July 2017 at the age of 111 years, 277 days.