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The Martyrs of Nowogródek, also known as the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek, the Eleven Nuns of Nowogródek or Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions, were a group of members of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a Polish Roman Catholic religious congregation, executed by the Gestapo in August 1943 in occupied Poland (present-day Novogrudok, Belarus).
The McGuire Sisters, a singing trio, composed of three sisters, in American popular music; Meat Puppets, an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona, with Curt Kirkwood, his brother Cris Kirkwood, and Derrick Bostrom; Mel and Kim, a British pop duo, consisting of sisters Melanie Appleby & Kim Appleby
Niemen was born in Stare Wasiliszki in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic (now in the Grodno Region of Belarus).Czesław Niemen belonged to a community of Poles, living outside the eastern borders of contemporary Poland, on the eastern lands of the historical Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (called 'Kresy' – 'borderlands' – in Polish). [4]
Jeanne-Paule Marie "Jeannine" Deckers (17 October 1933 – 29 March 1985), better known as Sœur Sourire (French for 'Sister Smile') and often called The Singing Nun in English-speaking countries, was a Belgian Catholic singer-songwriter and former member of the Dominican Order as Sister Luc Gabriel.
The enclosed Convent of the Benedictine Sisters of Eternal Adoration lifted a centuries-old ban on male visitors to serve as a strategic base for the Home Army and threw open its doors to refugees, who were nursed and fed by the sisters. The prioress received an ultimatum from the Germans but refused to leave for fear of the impact on morale.
In addition to Gregory, who became the subject of Cecilia’s 1999 film A Conversation With Gregory Peck, she has made movies about The Chicks (2006’s Shut Up & Sing) and Linor Abargil (2013’s ...
During the German occupation, the city served as the administrative centre of Kreisgebiet Nowogrodek within the Generalbezirk Weißruthenien of Reichskommissariat Ostland. The local population was subjected to deportations for forced labour to Germany and executions. [ 43 ]
Then came the magic: While seated at her father’s bedside, Grace was joined by her sisters (played 9-1-1: Lone Star's Sierra McClain Recalls Her 'Out-of-Body Experience' Singing on the Show With ...