Eugenia Umińska

Eugenia Umińska (4 October 1910, Warsaw – 20 November 1980, Kraków) was a Polish violinist.

She took part in close to a hundred concerts before the start of World War II.

In occupied Poland she refused an offer to play for the Nazi Germans, went into hiding and joined the Polish resistance (Armia Krajowa) as a medic.

[4] She took part in the Warsaw Uprising, was captured by the Germans but managed to escape during transit.

[5][6] She was active in various music-related organizations, and a judge in many musical competitions in Poland and abroad.