Wladyslaw Bartoszewski died on 24 bm. in the evening, at the age of 93 , photo:
will be attended by President Bronislaw Komorowski, Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, the head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, President of Germany Joachim Gauck, as well as representatives of other countries . The official representative of the State of Israel will be former foreign minister Moshe Arens.
A week ago, the Chancellor of Germany, being held in Warsaw in connection with the Polish-German intergovernmental consultations, inscribed in the book of condolence issued in the Prime Minister’s office Wladyslaw Bartoszewski.
“I lean over life’s work Wladyslaw Bartoszewski. He was a man of courage and far-sighted, fighter for freedom and reconciliation. He played a decisive role in shaping the German-Polish friendship. His accomplishments in life are for us a stimulus for the development of this friendship” – he wrote the German Chancellor.
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A special session of the Knesset
On the day of the funeral Wladyslaw Bartoszewski parliament will honor his memory Israel. About 16.30 on Monday in the Knesset held a solemn plenary session dedicated to the memory of professor.
As reads the Israeli embassy in Warsaw, the Knesset will commemorate the former minister of foreign affairs, an eminent parliamentarian, Righteous Among the Nations and honorary citizen of the State Israel. Occasional speech by the chairman of the Knesset Juli Edelstein in the presence of deputies and Polish Ambassador in Israel. This will be followed by a debate.
Shevach Weiss: prof. Bartoszewski is a character known and appreciated among Jews & gt; & gt; & gt;
Life’s Work Wladyslaw Bartoszewski
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, representative of the Prime Minister. International Dialogue, an Auschwitz survivor Army soldier, historian died on 24 April in the age of 93 years. The position of representative of the President of the Council of Ministers. International Dialogue took over in 2007. In this role, he dealt with the development of Polish-German cooperation and contacts with the Jewish Diaspora and Israel.
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski was born in 1922. In Warsaw. In September of 1940. He was arrested by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz, where he was imprisoned until April 1941. In 1942. He joined the conspiracy; he joined the Army and began working with the Council for Aid to Jews “Zegota”. He participated in the Warsaw Uprising.
In 1946. Was employed in associated with the Polish Peasants’ Party Stanislaw Mikolajczyk “People’s Newspaper”. In 1946. Was arrested on charges of espionage and sentenced to prison, which held until 1948. Once again arrested in December 1949. In May of 1952. Sentenced to 8 years in prison for espionage. In August of 1954. He got the year off in punishment.
After his release Bartoszewski took up journalism, collaborated with the weekly “Capital” and “Tygodnik Powszechny”. In the years 1973-1982 and 1984-1985 he taught modern history at the Catholic University of Lublin, he also lectures at German universities. He was under surveillance by the Secret Police, among others, as “a political exile contact reaction.”
Righteous Among the Nations
In 1965. he was honored by the Yad Vashem title of the Righteous Among the Nations. He was an honorary citizen of the state of Israel.
In 1976. Supported the letter intellectuals against changes in the constitution of the communist regime, the so-called. Letter 64. Since 1978. He co-founded the Society of Academic Courses and taught at a secret Flying University. In 1980. He became a member of the “Solidarity”. After martial law was interned; released in April 1982.
In 1990-95 he was the Polish ambassador in Austria, a few months later Foreign Minister in the government of Józef Oleksy. In 1997-2001 he was a senator fourth term on behalf of the Freedom Union. Foreign Minister again was in the government of Jerzy Buzek in 2000-2001. Since 2001. He presided Council for the Protection of Memory of Combat and Martyrdom and the International Auschwitz Council.
Bartoszewski received numerous awards, honors and awards, including Order of the White Eagle, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Papal Order of St.. Gregory the Great, Grand Cross of the Order of the Knights and the Hospital of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. Doctor honoris causa, among others, University of Warsaw, Haifa and Hebrew College in Baltimore, including honorary citizen Warsaw, Wroclaw and Gdansk. 25 February 2011 was appointed by President Bronislaw Komorowski in the Chapter of the Order of the White Eagle, who chose him for the position of Chancellor.
He was the author approx. 1.5 thousand. articles and approx. 40 books, including “This is my homeland. Poles with the help of the Jews 1939-1945″ (together with Zofia Lewinówną) “1859 days of Warsaw”, “fate of the Jews of Warsaw, 1939-1943. In the fortieth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,” “Days of fighting capital. Chronicle of the Warsaw Uprising, “” Autumn of hope: it is worth being respectable “; In later years the book was resumed Fri. “It should be decent. Texts personal and non-personal” record conversations with Michał Komar “Wladyslaw Bartoszewski: interview-river”.
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski. His life is a story of Polish past few decades & gt; & gt; & gt;
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