- Notable persons from Suwałki
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Andrzej Wajda, Warsaw (Poland), April 2008
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See also Category: People from Suwałki.Over the centuries Suwałki has produced a number of persons who have provided unique contributions to the fields of science, language, politics, religion, sports, visual arts and performing arts. A list of recent notable persons includes, but is not limited to:
- Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005), economist and the last Polish Prime Minister in Exile (Polish: Premierzy II Rzeczypospolitej na wychodźstwie)
- As an Officer (and eventually Major) in the Polish Army, he served with distinction in the Fifth Polish Artillery Regiment - notably in the battles of Monte Cassino, Ancona, and Bologna.[1] In 1945 he received the Cross of the Valorous, and the following year was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit with Swords.[1] He received a PhD in Economics in 1956 from the LSE.[1] On April 7, 1986 he was chosen the successor of Kazimierz Sabbat to be the next Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic in-exile (Polish: Premierzy II Rzeczypospolitej na wychodźstwie).[2] He was awarded the title of Doctor of Economic Science – Honoris Causa in 1995 by the Warsaw School of Economics. [3]
- Andrzej Wajda (1926-), film director
- Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School" (active circa 1955 to 1963). He is known especially for a trilogy of war films: A Generation (1954), Kanał (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958). Four of his movies have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: The Promised Land (1975), The Maids of Wilko (1979), Man of Iron (1981), and Katyń (2007).[4][5]
- Henryk Minkiewicz (1880–1940), General of the Polish Army, killed in the Katyn Massacre
- a Polish socialist politician and a General of the Polish Army.[6] Member of the Medical Faculty of the Jagiellonian University and, simultaneously, Faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts.[6] Former commander of the Border Defence Corps, he was among the Polish officers murdered in the Katyń massacre.[7]
- Adam Koc (1891–1969), soldier, politician and journalist
- Josef Hassid (1923–1950), violinist
- Leon Koc – płk dypl. WP, młodszy brat Adama
- Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910), a poet, a novelist, a writer for children and youth, a translator, journalist and critic
- Mieczysław Mackiewicz (1880–1954), general
- Aleksandra Piłsudska (1882–1963), wife of Józef Piłsudski and the Polish first lady
- pl:Zygmunt Podhorski:Zygmunt Podhorski (1891–1960), general, cavalry commander
- Zvi Yosef Resnick (1841–1912), Rosh yeshiva (Dean of a rabbinical academy)
- Pinchas Sapir (1906–1975), Israeli politician, Minister of Finance
- Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849–1915), painter
- Marion Mushkat (1909–1995), lawyer, colonel, judge, professor/specialist of international public law, military law and international affairs
- Marcin Wojciechowski - Presenter and Journalist on Radio ZET
- Jerzy Dąbrowski - Polish Army lieutenant colonel of cavalry, "Zagonczyk.
- Marian Borzęcki (1889-1942) - lawyer, politician, lawyer, Chief of the State Police (Policja Państwowa)
- Edmund Kessler - Colonel in the General Staff of the Army of the Russian Empire and the Polish Army
- Władysław Dąbrowski - a major in the cavalry of the Polish Army, "Zagonczyk" partisan commander in Vilnius in 1919-1920
- Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915) – painter of the Munich school, one of the most popular among Jozef Brandt and Władysław Czachórski
- Aleksander Putra (1888-1962) – social and political activist, member of Parliament Legislators in the Second Polish Republic, related to Krzysztof Putra
- Leszek Aleksander Moczulski (1938-) – Poet
- Avraham Stern (1907-1942) – a Jewish paramilitary leader who founded and led Lehi (the "Stern Gang")
- Samuel Rosenthal (1837 - 1902), Jewish chess master and journalist
References
- ^ a b c (English) The Guardian Obituary, December 19, 2005 Leszek Balcerowicz
- ^ Website of the Polish Prime Minister shows Edward Szczepanik (1986 - 1990) as the last Polish Prime Minister of the II Republic in exile (Polish Premierzy II Rzeczypospolitej na wychodźstwie) followed by the Prime Minister of the III Republic (Polish Premierzy III Rzeczypospolitej)
- ^ (Polish) Note on Szczepanik's doctorate honoris causa in his Alma Mater's website (automatic translation)
- ^ [1] Andrzej Wajda on Katyń: The Full Transcript Nick Hodge, 23rd June 2009, Krakow Post
- ^ [2] Biography for Andrzej Wajda @ IMDB.com
- ^ a b Editor Anna Cienciala Katyn A Crime Without Punishment Yale, 2007 ISBN 978-0-300-10851-4 Page 400
- ^ The Crime of Katyn Polish Cultural Foundation, 1989 ISBN 0 85065 190 0 Page 22
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