Władysław Bartoszewski
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| Born | February 19, 1922 Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation | politician, social activist, journalist, writer |
[[Image:|right|250px|thumb|]] Władysław Bartoszewski (b. February 19, 1922 in Warsaw, Poland) is a politician, social activist, journalist, and writer.
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[edit] Biography
In 1940-1941 he was an political prisoner held in Auschwitz concentration camp. He was a member of the Polish resistance Armia Krajowa (codename Teofil) during World War II, and a member of Zegota. He took part in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. He was imprisoned by the communist regime twice in 1946-1948 and 1949-1954, falsely accused of spying, and rehabilitated in 1955. As a journalist worked for Roman Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, headed the Polish PEN-Club (1972-1982), taught modern history at Catholic University of Lublin, and cooperated with Radio Free Europe. He was imprisoned during the 1981-1983 martial law in Poland.
He served as ambassador of Poland to Austria (1990-1995), and minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995 and 2000. From 1997 until 2001, Bartoszewski was a senator in the Senat, the upper house of the Polish parliament. Since June 2001, he has been the chairman of an organization committed to preserving the memory of past victims of wars and persecution, the Rada Ochrony Pamieci Walk i Meczenstwa [1]. He is also the chairman of the International Auschwitz Council [2].
[edit] Awards
During the years 1983-1990, he was guest lecturer in Munich, Eichstaett, and Augsburg. He has been granted many academic titles, including that of professor, which he was awarded in 1983 by the Bavarian government, as well as honorary doctorates in philosophy and humanities from four universities. In 1986, he was granted the Commander's Cross with a star of the Order of Polonia Restituta by the president of the Polish government in exile for his work in the field of Polish-Jewish relations. In 1995, he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle and in 2001 the German Great Cross of the Order of Merit for his contribution towards the reconciliation of Germans, Poles, and Jews.
He was one of the first Poles to receive the Righteous Among the Nations medal in Jerusalem in 1963. In 1991, he was granted honorary Israeli citizenship.
[edit] Publications
Throughout his life, Władysław Bartoszewski has published over 40 books and 1200 articles in various languages, some of them under a variety of pen-names. Most of them are related to the history of Poland during the World War II, as well as the Holocaust and the Polish relations with the Jews and Germans. The list below is a partial bibliography.
[edit] English
- 1968 Warsaw Death Ring: 1939-1944, Interpres.
- 1969 Righteous Among Nations: How Poles Helped the Jews 1939-1945, ed. with Zofia Lewin, Earlscourt Pub, UK, ISBN 033342378X.
- 1970 The Samaritans: Heroes of the Holocaust, ed. with Zofia Lewin, Twayne Publishers, New York.
- 1988 The Warsaw Ghetto: A Christian's Testimony, Beacon Press, ISBN 0807056022.
- 1991 The Jews in Warsaw: A History, ed. with Antony Polonsky, Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 1557862133.
- 1991 The Convent at Auschwitz, George Braziller, ISBN 0807612677.
[edit] Polish
- Konspiracyjne Varsaviana poetyckie 1939-1944: zarys informacyjny (Warszawa 1962)
- Organizacja małego sabotażu "Wawer" w Warszawie (1940-1944) (1966)
- Ten jest z Ojczyzny mojej. Polacy z pomocą Żydom 1939-1945 (case study with Zofia Lewinówna; Znak 1967, 1969)
- Warszawski pierścień śmierci 1939-1944 (1967, 1970; also released in English 1968 and German 1970)
- Kronika wydarzeń w Warszawie 1939-1949 (case study; with Bogdan Brzeziński and Leszek Moczulski; Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe 1970)
- Ludność cywilna w Powstaniu Warszawskim. Prasa, druki ulotne i inne publikacje powstańcze t. I-III (case study; cooperational work; Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy 1974)
- 1859 dni Warszawy (outline: Aleksander Gieysztor; bibliography of W. Bartoszewski works - Zofia Steczowicz-Sajderowa; indexing: Zofia Bartoszewska; Znak 1974; 2nd edition supplemented: 1984, ISBN 83-70-06152-4)
- Polskie Państwo Podziemne (inaugurating lecture TKN spoken November 2, 1979 in Warsaw; 2nd cycle; Niezależna Oficyna Wydawnicza NOWa 1979, 1980; OW "Solidarność" MKZ, Wrocław 1981; Komitet Wyzwolenia Społecznego 1981; Agencja Informacyjna Solidarności Walczącej, Lublin 1985)
- Los Żydów Warszawy 1939-1943. W czterdziestą rocznicę powstania w getcie warszawskim (Puls, London 1983; Bez Cięć 1985 [2nd cycle]; Międzyzakładowa Struktura "Solidarności" 1985 [2nd cycle]; 2nd edition revised and supplemented: Puls 1988, ISBN 09-07-58738-0; Fakt, Łódź 1989 [2nd cycle])
- Jesień nadziei: warto być przyzwoitym (2nd cycle; translated from West German edition; afterword of Reinhold Lehmann; [Lublin]: Spotkania 1984, 1986)
- Dni walczącej stolicy. Kronika Powstania Warszawskiego (Aneks, London 1984; Krąg, Warsaw 1984 [II obieg]; Alfa 1989, ISBN 83-70-01283-3; Świat Książki 2004, ISBN 83-73-91679-2)
- Metody i praktyki Bezpieki w pierwszym dziesięcioleciu PRL (pseudonymed Jan Kowalski; 2nd cycle; Grupy Polityczne "Wola", Ogólnopolski Komitet Oporu Robotników "Solidarność" 1985; Biuletyn Łódzki 1985; Apel 1986; Rota 1986)
- Syndykat zbrodni (pseudonymed "ZZZ"; 1986)
- Na drodze do nieppodległości (Editions Spotkania, Paris 1987, ISBN 28-69-022-3)
- Warto być przyzwoitym. Szkic do pamiętnika (2nd cycle; CDN 1988)
- Warto być przyzwoitym. Teksty osobiste i nieosobiste (Polish translation of book: Herbst der Hoffnungen: es lohnt sich, anständig zu sein; Wydawnictwo Polskiej Prowincji Dominikanów W drodze 1990, ISBN 83-70-33104-1; 2nd edition [altered]: 2005, ISBN 83-70-33545-4)
- Ponad podziałami. Wybrane przemówienia i wywiady - lipiec-grudzień 2000 (Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych 2001, ISBN 83-90-76657-4)
- Wspólna europejska odpowiedzialność. Wybrane przemówienia i wywiady, styczeń-lipiec 2001 (Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych 2001, ISBN 83-91-56981-0)
- Moja Jerozolima, mój Izrael. Władysław Bartoszewski w rozmowie z Joanną Szwedowską (afterword: Andrzej Paczkowski; Rosner i Wspólnicy 2005, ISBN 83-89-21766-X)
- Władysław Bartoszewski: wywiad-rzeka (conversations with Michał Komar; Świat Książki 2006, ISBN 83-247-0441-8)
- Dziennik z internowania. Jaworze 15.12.1981 – 19.04.1982 (Świat Książki 2006)
[edit] German
- Die polnische Untergrundpresse in den Jahren 1939 bis 1945 (Druckerei und Verlagsanstalt, Constancy(?) 1967)
- Das Warschauer Ghetto wie es wirklich war. Zeugenbericht eines Christen (1983; also American and English edition)
- Herbst der Hoffnungen: es lohnt sich, anständig zu sein (Herder 1983, ISBN 34-51-19958-0; 1984, ISBN 34-51-19958-0; 1986, ISBN 34-51-19958-0)
- Aus der Geschichte lernen? Aufsätze und Reden zur Kriegs- und Nachkriegsgeschichte Polens (foreword: Stanisław Lem; Deutscher Taschenbuch, Monachium 1986)
- Uns ein vergossenes Blut. Juden und Polen in der Zeit der Endlösung (1987)
- Polen und Juden in der Zeit der "Endlösung" (Informationszentrum im Dienste der christlich-jüdischen Verständigung, Wien 1990, ISBN 09-19-58132-3)
- Kein Frieden ohne Freiheit. Betrachtungen eines Zeitzeugen am Ende des Jahrhunderts (2000)
- Und reiss uns den Hass aus der Seele (Deutsch-Polnischer Verlag 2005, ISBN 83-86-65318-3)
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| Republic of Poland | Leon Wasilewski · Ignacy Jan Paderewski · Władysław Wróblewski · Stanisław Patek · Eustachy Sapieha · Jan Dąbski · Konstanty Skirmunt · Gabriel Narutowicz · Aleksander Skrzyński · Marian Seyda · Roman Dmowski · Karol Bertoni · Maurycy Klemens Zamoyski · Aleksander Skrzyński · Kajetan Dzierżykraj-Morawski · August Zaleski · Józef Beck |
| Polish government in Exile | August Zaleski · Edward Raczyński · Tadeusz Romer · Adam Tarnowski |
| People's Republic of Poland | Edward Osóbka-Morawski · Wincenty Rzymowski · Zygmunt Modzelewski · Stanisław Skrzeszewski · Adam Rapacki · Stefan Jędrychowski · Stefan Olszowski · Emil Wojtaszek · Józef Czyrek · Stefan Olszowski · Marian Orzechowski · Tadeusz Olechowski |
| Republic of Poland | Krzysztof Skubiszewski · Andrzej Olechowski · Władysław Bartoszewski · Dariusz Rosati · Bronisław Geremek · Władysław Bartoszewski · Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz · Adam Daniel Rotfeld · Stefan Meller · Anna Fotyga |
