

All Episodes of Wartime Portraits: Women
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All Episodes of Wartime Portraits: Women
Browse all episodes of Wartime Portraits: Women
Season 1
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Halina Szymanska
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/2023
Halina Szymanska (1906 - 1989) wife of the last Polish military attaché in Berlin. After the outbreak of WWII, she meets admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr. As a result of this meeting, Halina becomes a Polish-British MI6 spy.
Director: Jędrzej Bączyk
Writer: Dawid Janicki
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Halina Szwarc
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2023
Sixteen-year-old Halina Szwarc volunteered for the conspiracy. In the Third Reich, she conducted sabotage and espionage activities, gaining invaluable information about the activities of the German army.
Director: Krzysztof Rzaczynski
Writer: Dawid Janicki
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Wladyslawa Macieszyna
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/2023
Wladyslawa Macieszyna (1888 - 1967) served in the Pilsudski Legions, was a senator of the 4th term of the interwar parliament. During World War II, she maintained contact with the Polish intelligence network in Germany.
Director: Julia Rogowska
Writer: Dawid Janicki
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Helena Marusarzówna
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/2023
Helena Marusarzówna, champion in alpine skiing. From September 1939, she participated in the Polish resistance movement, acting as a secret courier, whose duties included carrying mail, money along mountain trails, and leading people.
Director: Aneta Popiel-Machnicka
Writer: Dawid Janicki
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Wanda Gertz
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/29/2023
Wanda Gertz disguised as a man took part in World War I, and then continued her military career fighting in the Polish-Soviet War and becoming Józef Pilsudski's trusted secretary.
Director: Daria Woszek
Writer: Dawid Janicki