Author, World War II Resistance Fighter. He was a Polish journalist, writer, politician, social worker and patriot. He was Poland's Home Army's courier to the Polish Government in exile in London during World War II. During the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, he oversaw English-language broadcasting from Warsaw. After the war, he was the director of the Polish section of Radio Free Europe, continuing to fight for freedom for Poland. Airing from Germany, his first broadcast was on May 3, 1952. Among his long list of awards, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States President Bill Clinton in 1996. Born Zdzisław Antoni Jeziorański, he had a number of aliases during the war. Prior to the war, he was a teaching assistant at what is now Adam Mickiewicz University. In 1939, he joined the Polish resistance after escaping as a prisoner of war of Nazi forces. Many of his colleagues were killed by Russian and Nazi forces. After the war, he was awarded some of the most prestigious Polish literary awards for his documentation of the war in Poland. In 1982, he wrote a book about his wartime experiences titled "Courier From Warsaw." After relocating to the United States, he thought he would never see his beloved Poland, yet in 1989 the Solidarity Movement toppled the Communist regime, and in August that year he made his triumphant return as a national hero. He moved back to his homeland in 2002.
Author, World War II Resistance Fighter. He was a Polish journalist, writer, politician, social worker and patriot. He was Poland's Home Army's courier to the Polish Government in exile in London during World War II. During the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, he oversaw English-language broadcasting from Warsaw. After the war, he was the director of the Polish section of Radio Free Europe, continuing to fight for freedom for Poland. Airing from Germany, his first broadcast was on May 3, 1952. Among his long list of awards, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States President Bill Clinton in 1996. Born Zdzisław Antoni Jeziorański, he had a number of aliases during the war. Prior to the war, he was a teaching assistant at what is now Adam Mickiewicz University. In 1939, he joined the Polish resistance after escaping as a prisoner of war of Nazi forces. Many of his colleagues were killed by Russian and Nazi forces. After the war, he was awarded some of the most prestigious Polish literary awards for his documentation of the war in Poland. In 1982, he wrote a book about his wartime experiences titled "Courier From Warsaw." After relocating to the United States, he thought he would never see his beloved Poland, yet in 1989 the Solidarity Movement toppled the Communist regime, and in August that year he made his triumphant return as a national hero. He moved back to his homeland in 2002.
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JAN ZDZISŁAW
NOWAK
JEZIORAŃSKI
KURIER z WARSZAWY
1914-2005
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