| Irena Sila-Nowicka | |
 Irena Sila-Nowicka on her 110th birthday in 2023 | |
| Birth: | 30 January 1913 Masovia, Poland |
| Death: | 25 June 2023 Szczecin, West Pomerania, Poland |
| Age: | 110 years, 146 days |
| Country: |  POL
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| Validated | |
Irena Sila-Nowicka [Polish: Irena Siła-Nowicka] (30 January 1913 – 25 June 2023) was a Polish supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2023.
Biography[]
Irena Sila-Nowicka was a wife of the late Władysław Sila-Nowicki, who was a notable lawyer, World War II veteran, and judge at the State Tribunal in Poland between 1992-1993 and mother of the oppositionist from the period of the People's Republic of Poland, Agnieszka Dąbrowskie.
She was born in Poland on 30 January 1913. Before World War II, she studied at the University of Warsaw. She married her husband in 1939 and during the German occupation, she lived with her husband and daughters in Wylągi (part of Kazimierz Dolny). During this period, the couple helped them hide, hired them to take care of their daughters, and organized false documents for a young Jewish woman, Barbara Nowak, who survived the occupation thanks to this support.
On 25 February 2014, she and her daughters handed over the ceremony - the archive of Władysław Siła-Nowicki to the Archives of Modern Records in Warsaw.
By order of the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, of 7 November 2008, she received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding merits in promoting democratic changes in Poland, for achievements in professional and social work undertaken for the benefit of the country.
In 2021, she became a laureate of the Doors of Freedom awarded by the Scena Kultury Association. In 2022, on the occasion of her 109th birthday, she received a letter of wishes from the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and was also awarded the Medal of the Century of Regained Independence.
In the fictionalized documentary series Cursed Soldiers from 2008, dir. Joanna Maro in the role of Irena Siła-Nowicka was played by Małgorzata Piskorz.
In January 2023, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.
Irena Sila-Nowicka died in Szczecin, West Pomerania, Poland on 25 June 2023 at the age of 110 years, 146 days. At time of her death, she was the oldest living resident of Warsaw as well as the third oldest known living person in Poland, behind Jozefa Ciesielska and Jadwiga Zak-Stuart.
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- Irena Siła – Nowicka kończy dziś 105 lat Salon24, 30 January 2018
- Życzenia urodzinowe dla Ireny Siły–Nowickiej Prezydent, 30 January 2022
- Pani Irena - najstarsza warszawianka, skończyła 110 lat iOchota, 31 January 2023
- My visit to Irena Siła-Nowicka of Poland, 110, 13 March 2023
- Zmarła wdowa po mec. Władysławie Sile-Nowickim, Irena Siła-Nowicka Dzieje.pl, 29 June 2023
- Jedna z najstarszych Polek nie żyje. Irena Siła-Nowicka miała 110 lat Wiadomości, 30 June 2023