Anna Maria Hinel

Anna Maria Hinel (Polish pronunciation: [anna maria xinɛl]; born 31 January 1924 in Warsaw, died on March 19, 1943, in Auschwitz-Birkenau) was a Polish girl scout, activist of the underground independence movement during World War II, author of a diary from the German Nazi occupation.

[2] Anna Maria Hinel was a student at the Queen Jadwiga Junior High School in Warsaw, in Poland.

Together with her teachers and schoolmates, she was active in the Department of Conspiracy Communications Union of Armed Struggle - Home Army (ZWZ-AK).

[2] Based on the "Diary of Anna Maria Hinel", director Ludmiła Niedbalska made a film in 1981 entitled "Schoolgirl".

The film starred among others: Ewa Serwa, Barbara Rachwalska, Teresa Lipowska, Jerzy Kryszak, Tomasz Zaliwski, Jacek Borkowski, Wieńczysław Gliński, Jacek Kałucki and Tomasz Stockinger[7] In the building where Anna Maria Hinel lived and was arrested and where her diary was found at Floriańska Street number 8, in Warsaw, there is a plaque dedicated to her.

Plaque commemorating Anna Maria Hinel on the building at Florianska Street 8, in Warsaw in Poland
Anna Maria Hinel was imprisoned in the German Nazi Pawiak prison in Warsaw. Monument as a Tree in Pawiak prison