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Wladyslaw Bartoszewski

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Historian, author and diplomat

Poland

Historian, author and diplomat. In 1939 he participated in the civil defence of Warsaw, later on he was imprisoned in the Auschwitz II - Birkenau concentration camp. He was a member of the Polish underground Council for Aid to Jews and in 1944 took part in the Warsaw Uprising. Twice the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, he currently serves as Polish Secretary of State and plenipotentiary for the Prime Minister for International Affairs. He is the President of the Polish PEN-centre and the author of numerous books and articles.

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