Background
She was a daughter of an engineer, Franciszek Vetulani (1856−1921), and Katarzyna Ipohorska-Lenkiewicz (1868−1915).
She was a daughter of an engineer, Franciszek Vetulani (1856−1921), and Katarzyna Ipohorska-Lenkiewicz (1868−1915).
Her family lived in numerous cities, first in Tarnów, later in Krakow, Lwów, Zakopane and back in TarnóWest After graduating from Orzeszkowa Gimnazjum in Tarnów, where Maria was a scouts member, in 1918 she bagan medical studies at Jagiellonian University. In 1918–1919 she fought in the defense of Lwów, wearing as a camouflage a man"s uniform as woman were not allowed to take part in regular fights.
She claimed to be a Jagiellonian University student, Marian Ipohorski.
In 1925 Maria and her family settled down in Warsaw, but after two years they moved to the Soviet Union. She returned to Warsaw, where she worked as an office worker
During the occupation she was liaison soldier of the Armia Krajowa. Her conspiratorial pseudonym was Maryna.
In her apartment at Świętokrzyska Street she organised a contact point and a hiding place for Jewish people.
In August 1944 she took part in the Warsaw Uprising. During the fights Vetulani was wounded. She was treated in the hospital at Długa Street and was killed on September 2, during the German pacification of the uprising hospitals.
Her son Witold also fought in the Uprising.
He was wounded and prisoned by the Nazis, but survived. Maria Vetulani was twice awarded with the Cross of Valor.
One of streets in Tarnów is named after her.
She was a member of the Polish Military Organisation.