Wladyslaw Bartoszewski Biography

Władysław Bartoszewski ([vwaˈdɨswaf bartɔˈʂɛfskʲi] ( listen); 19 February 1922 – 24 April 2015) was a Polish politician, social activist, journalist, writer and historian. A former Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, he was a World War II resistance fighter as part of the Polish underground and participated in the Warsaw Uprising. After the war he was persecuted and imprisoned by the communist Polish People's Republic due to his membership in the Home Army and opposition activity.