back...Scouts’ Circle of Remembrance of the Warsaw Uprising

19 September marked the 80th anniversary of the heroic death of Barbara Marta Nazdrowiczówna, a 15-year-old Warsaw Uprising messenger and scout of the 6th Warsaw Girl Scout Troop. On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Basia, the College of Art and Design and the 59th Łódź Girl Scout Troop “Family” named after Barbara Marta Nazdrowiczówna organised a concert dedicated to Basia, entitled “Scouts’ Circle of Remembrance of the Warsaw Uprising”. The event took place on 19 September in the auditorium of the Academy of Film, Art and Design at 65 Targowa Street in Łódź.

Barbara Nazdrowicz, aka "Wiewiórka" (“Squirrel”) (1929-1944) was a student at the Helena Miklaszewska Private Female Gymnasium and Secondary School as well as the Elementary School in Łódź. After moving to Warsaw, she attended the Cecylia Plater-Zyberkówna Gymnasium, where she joined the 6th Warsaw Girl Scout Troop. She took part in the minor sabotage operations. During the Uprising, she was a messenger, assigned to the "Golski" battalion. She died on 19 September 1944. After exhumation, she was buried in the Old Cemetery in Łódź.

“Basia was considered a 'saint' at home, as the one who gave her life for the Fatherland. Perhaps this is why, at the age of seven, I taught my friends the words of the song ‘Czerwone maki na Monte Casino’ (‘The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino’) in great conspiracy. Basia's death and her participation in the Uprising had a huge impact on my upbringing. To this day, when I tell my sons about the Uprising, my voice breaks down,”said Julitta Nazdrowicz-Woodley, Basia Nazdrowicz's sister.

During the concert dedicated to Basia, patriotic songs were performed by scouts from the 59th Łódź Girl Scout Troop “Family” named after Barbara Marta Nazdrowiczówna and musicians from the Artistic Group "Twierdza Pamięć".

The Museum of Polish Children – Victims of Totalitarianism has assumed honorary patronage of the event.