Jan Karski

Jan Karski

male, deceased (2000)
Jan Karski, was a Polish World War II resistance fighter and scholar. He visited the Warsaw Ghetto after the summer 1942 deportations. Disguised as...
Mordechaj Anielewicz

Mordechaj Anielewicz

male, deceased (1943)
Mordechai Anielewicz, also known as ŻOB, during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Born to a poor family in Wyszków near Warsaw, he joined and became a le...
Witold Pilecki

Witold Pilecki

male, deceased (1948)
Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 - May 25, 1948; pronounced ['vitɔld pi'leʦki]; codenames "Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh, Witold") was a sol...
Anna Zawadzka

Anna Zawadzka

female, deceased (2004)
Anna Zawadzka was a Polish teacher, author of textbooks, Scoutmaster (harcmistrzyni), sister of Tadeusz "Zośka" Zawadzki and daughter of professor J...

Bolesław Piasecki

male, deceased (1979)
Bolesław Bogdan Piasecki was a Polish politician and writer. In interwar Poland he was one of the more prominent nationalist politicians, playing a...

Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

male, deceased (2000)
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński was one of the greatest Polish essayists and thinkers. He is best known for writing a personal account of life in the S...

Stanisław Sedlaczek

male, deceased (1941)
Stanisław Sedlaczek was a Polish pedagogue and scoutmaster. One of the organizers of pre-war Sokół troops among university students, during the Wor...
Kazimierz Moczarski

Kazimierz Moczarski

male, deceased (1975)
Kazimierz Damazy Moczarski (Pseudonyms: Borsuk, Grawer, Maurycy, Rafal was an officer of the Polish Home Army. He was a Lieutenant (1944), Captain...

Aleksander Kamiński

deceased (1978)
Aleksander Kamiński codename: Kamyk, Dąbrowski, J. Dąbrowski, Fabrykant, Faktor, Juliusz Górecki, Hubert, Kaźmierczak (January 28, 1903, Warsa...
Marek Edelman

Marek Edelman

male, 87 years old
Marek Edelman is a Jewish-Polish political and social activist, cardiologist, and the last living leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Born in...