Wanda Wiktoria Półtawska (pronounced [ˈvanda vikˈtɔrʲa puwˈtafska]; né Wojtasik [vɔjˈtaɕik], 2 November 1921 – 24 October 2023) was a Polish physician, author, Holocaust survivor and pro-life activist.

[1][2][3] During World War II, she was interred at Ravensbrück concentration camp, just north of Berlin, having been arrested in February 1941 and charged with assisting the Polish resistance movement.

[1][5] Her memoir of the life and conditions for the women held in the camp has provided material for other books such as Ravensbrück: The Cell Building by Insa Eschebach.

[7] After her imprisonment, Półtawska developed a close friendship with Karol Wojtyła during his priesthood, and remained friends with him as Pope John Paul II until his death in 2005.

[12] The document was signed by close to 4,000 people including physicians, nurses, medicine students, and became the subject of heated political and media debate on the influence of religion on medical practice.