Siedzikówna, Danuta Helena Siedzik “Inka”, born 03-09-1928, in Goesjtsjevin, Poland 
the daughter of Wacław Siedzik, a forester, and Eugenia born Tymińska. She had two sisters, Wiesława and Irena. She was educated at a primary school in Narewka. During the war, on 10-02-1940, her father was deported by the Soviets to a labor camp. This was part of the first large-scale deportation of the inhabitants of the eastern border areas. From there he went to the newly formed army of Władysław Anders.
Her father died on 06-06-1943 in Tehran. Her mother collaborated with the Home Army, 
(the secret forces of the Polish Underground State) was arrested by the Gestapo 
in November 1942 and shot dead in a forest near Białystok in September 1943. The son of Wacław’s sister, Paweł Hur, 
after graduating from the flight school in Dęblin, took part in the Battle of Britain. After shooting down his plane, he was captured by the Germans. After the war, he settled in Lincoln, England, where he died on 07-09-1994, age 76. During the war, Danuta Siedzikówna studied at the school of the Salesian Sisters in Różanystok, 
near Dąbrowa Białostocka. In December 1943, together with her sister Wiesława, she joined the Home Army, where she received medical training. After the front had passed, she worked as a clerk in the Hajnówka forest district from October 1944. Together with other employees of the forest district, she was arrested in June 1945 for collaboration with the anti-communist underground by the NKVD – UB group 
(acting on the orders of the deputy head of the WUBP in Białystok, Eliasz Koton 
). She was freed from a convoy by a patrol of the Vilnius Home Army under the command of Stanisław Wołonciej “Konus” 
(a subordinate of Zygmunt Szendzielarz “Łupaszka” 
) operating in the region. She then served as a medic in the unit of “Konus” and later in the squadrons of Lieutenant Jan Mazur “Piast” and Lieutenant Marian Pluciński “Mścisław”. 
(born 05-10-1912 in Żarnowiec, executed 28-06-1946 in Białystok) – soldier of the Home Army, commander of the 4th squadron of the 5th Vilnius Brigade of the Home Army.
Her superior was also Lieutenant Leon Beynar “Nowina”, 
real name Leon Lech Beynar (born 28-10-?? / 10-11-1909 in Simbirsk , died 19-08-1970 in Warsaw ), the deputy of “Łupaszka”, later known as Paweł Jasienica, for a short time. Danuta Siedzikówna then adopted the pseudonym “Inka”.In early 1945/1946, with documents in the name of Danuta Obuchowicz, she began working in the Miłomłyn forest district of Ostróda province. In early spring 1946, she came into contact with 2nd Lieutenant Zdzisław Badocha “Żelazny”,
commander of one of “Łupaszka’s” squadrons. After the death of “Żelazny”, who was killed on 28-06-1946, age 21, killed by a grenade fragment during a raid organized by UB officers, she was sent by his successor, 2nd Lieutenant Olgierd Christa “Leszek”, 
to Gdansk in search of medical supplies. Olgierd survived the war and died 09-11-2004, in Gdansk, age 81 There, on the morning of 20-07-1946, in the apartment at ul. Wróblewskiego 7 in Wrzeszcz, at one of the contact points of the 5th Vilnius Brigade, whose addresses were revealed by Regina Żylińska-Mordas, 
Szendzielarz’s liaison who had previously been captured by the Security Service and had collaborated with it, “Inka” was arrested. She was held as a special prisoner in Pavilion V of the Gdansk prison. During the investigation (led by the head of Department III of the WUBP in Gdansk, Jan Wołków, 
(born 22-06-1916 in Ozdziutycze , Volhynia , died 24-01-1999 in Warsaw ) – traitor, Polish soldier of Jewish origin. Lieutenant-colonel of UB) .and the head of the WUBP Investigation Department, Józef Bik), 
she was beaten and humiliated; Despite this, she refused to testify against the members of the Home Army brigades in Vilnius Military prosecutor Wacław Krzyżanowski 
accused “Inka” of membership in an illegal organization, illegal possession of weapons, participation in attacks on officers of the Civilian Militia and Security Service, and of inciting the death of these officers. Inconsistencies were found in the testimonies of the militiamen themselves regarding her participation in the conflict between the partisans and the UB and MO. Only a few of them stated that “Inka” shot and gave orders. One of the police officers even admitted that “Inka” gave him first aid when he was wounded. Wacław Krzyżanowski died at the age of 91. Three days after his death, on 13-10-2014, he was buried with a military guard of honor at the municipal cemetery in Koszalin.
On 03-08-1946, Danuta Siedzikówna was sentenced to death by the Military District Court headed by Major Adam Gajewski, who died 19-11-1984 in Sanok age 82. 
Death and burial ground of Siedzikówna, Danuta Helena Siedzik “Inka”.
This verdict was contrary to the legislation in force at the time, because “Inka” was not yet 18 years old at the time of the crimes with which she was charged. Danuta Siedzikówna’s defense attorney, Jan Chmielowski, appealed to President Bolesław Bierut 
for clemency. This document was drawn up and signed by the defense attorney and was partly written in the first person. “Inka” himself refused to write such an application. Despite his young age and the lack of evidence of guilt, Bolesław Bierut refused to exercise his right to clemency on 19 August. In a secret letter to the Mikołajewski sisters from Gdansk, shortly before her death, “Inka” wrote: Tell my grandmother that I behaved as I should have done. The sentence was carried out on 28-08-1946. Danuta Siedzikówna was shot together with Feliks Selmanowicz, 
pseudonym. “Zagonczyk” by the commander of the firing squad, 2nd lieutenant Franciszek Sawicki, 
in the prison on ul. Kurkowa in Gdańsk 
in the presence of military prosecutor Wiktor Suchocki and deputy director of the prison in Gdańsk Alojzy Stanisław Nowicki 
member of the Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic for the 9th term. Feliks Selmanowicz . “Zagończyk”, conspiracy nom de plume: “Karol Szach” (born 06-06-1904 in Vilnius , died 28-08-1946 in Gdańsk ) – head of the 2nd region of the 4th Trotsky District and commander of the People’s Militia of the Neutral Belt unit , sergeant of the Border Protection Corps , partisan of the 3rd Vilnius Brigade of the Home Army
According to the report of a witness who was forced to attend the execution, Father Marian Prusak, the last words of “Inka” were: Long live Poland! Long live “Łupaszko”!. During the reign of the Polish People’s Republic, communist propaganda called the Inka a bandit. In the book Front Without Trenches, published in 1969 and co-authored by, among others, Jan Babczenko, 
former head of the UBP in Kościerzyna, it was claimed that “Inka”, presented as a person with a “sadistic smile”, participated in the execution of UB officers in Stara Kiszewa. 
The conviction of Danuta Siedzikówna is classified as judicial murder. By decision of 10-06-1991, the Gdańsk Voivodeship District Court, in accordance with the provisions of the Act on the annulment of sentences against persons repressed for their activities in support of the independent existence of the Polish state, annulled the verdict of the Military District Court convicting Danuta Siedzikówna.The IPN prosecutors filed an indictment against the former military prosecutor Wacław Krzyżanowski (who accused “Inka” and demanded the death penalty for her). They accused him of participating in a communist legal crime, but he was eventually acquitted.
The IPN prosecutors filed a complaint against former military prosecutor Wacław Krzyżanowski (who accused “Inka” and demanded the death penalty for her). They accused him of participating in a communist legal crime. However, he was eventually acquitted.
The burial place of Danuta Siedzikówna was unknown until 2014. In September of the same year, as part of the work of the team searching for unknown burial places of victims of communist terror at the Institute of National Remembrance, 
an unmarked grave was found at the Garrison Cemetery in Gdańsk, which was believed to contain the remains of Danuta Siedzikówna and Feliks Selmanowicz, who was shot dead together with her. As for Danuta Siedzikówna, this information was finally confirmed on 01-03-2015.
On 28.08.2016 a ceremonial state funeral of Danuta Siedzikówna and Feliks Selmanowicz (alias “Zagończyk”) took place at the garrison cemetery in Gdańsk. The funeral liturgy celebrated in the Co-Cathedral Basilica in Gdańsk was led by Archbishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź. 
The President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda 
issued a decree appointing Danuta Siedzikówna as a first officer.
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