Jadwiga Szubartowicz

Jadwiga Szubartowicz née Skawińska (16 October 1905 in Lublin - 20 July 2017 ) was a Polish supercentenarian. She was the oldest Polish person alive between 1 August 2015 and 20 June 2017.

Biography
Szubartowicz was born on 16 October 1905 in Lublin. During her childhood, she lived for a fer years in Russia together with her family. Living there, at the age of 12, she was a witness of the October Revolution, which she witnessed in Petersburg, then called Petrograd. She was a graduate of Middle School of Sisters Ursulines and Education Studies, which she graduated from together with her sister. She was working as an accountant, and her sister for 40 years as a teacher in Lubartów.

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, her brother was arrested and sent home after a week spent in KL Lublin, but later arrested again in Kraków. From there, he went to Buchenwald, where he died. Szubartowicz was a witness of the transportation of the painting Battle of Grunwald in order to hide it from the Germans. In 1952 she married Antoni Szubartowicz, a soldier, veteran of Battle of Monte Casino.

On 1 August 2015, after the death of Jadwiga Młynek (1905-2015) from Kalisz, she became the oldest living Polish person. Her age was verified by the researches from Gerontology Research Group, whom have sent her wishes because of her 110th birthday, which she celebrated on 16 October 2015. On 7 March 2017, to celebrate the Day of Women, mayor of Lublin, Krysztof Żuk, had given her a medal of 700-year anniversary of establishment of the city.

She died on 20 July 2017, in a nursing home in Lublin. She was buried at a cemetery on Lipowa Street, in Lublin on 26 July 2017.