Halina Górska


Halina Górska was a Polish writer and a communist activist. Halina Endelman was the daughter of Zygmund and Czeslawa Endelman. She married Marian Gorski. They had one child born in 1924. She also had a granddaughter, who was born, long after she died
Beginning in 1924 Górska became associated with the Lwów literary scene. Her first publication, in 1925, was "Mam mieszkanie", in the Kurier Lwowski. In 1930 she published the fairy tale "O księciu Gotfrydzie, Rycerzu Gwiazdy Wigilijnej". For many years she worked for the Lwów radio station, as a host of a special program for young adults. On her initiative, in 1931, the "Związek Błękitnych" was created, whose purpose was philanthropic activity. In 1933, together with Tadeusz Hollender and Karol Kuryluk she started the social-cultural monthly "Sygnały". She also participated in many social movements associated with the socialists.
After Lwów was occupied by the Soviets she took up active collaboration with the communist authorities, naively believing in the truth of their slogans. However, she was the only one who abstained during voting on the incorporation of the Western Ukraine into the Soviet Union. She wrote for the magazine "Nowe Widnokręgi", which published fragments of her novels. She also translated Gorky's "Mat’" into Polish. In 1941 she never left Lwow. In the June 1942 she was arrested by the Nazis and executed.