- Tadeusz Brzeziński
Tadeusz Brzeziński (
February 21 ,1896 –January 7 ,1990 ) was a Polish consular official and the father of PresidentJimmy Carter 's national security adviser,Zbigniew Brzezinski .Brzeziński was born in the town of
Złoczów , in what was then theAustro-Hungarian Empire (todayZolochiv ,Ukraine ). He received his university education inLwów (now the Ukrainian cityLviv ), and inVienna . As a volunteer in the Polish independence movement from 1918 to 1920, Brzeziński saw action in the Battle of Lwów during thePolish-Ukrainian War and against Soviet forces in the final Warsaw campaign of 1920. He entered the diplomatic-consular service of the new Polish Republic, serving inEssen ,Germany ;Lille ,France ;Leipzig , Germany;Kharkov , in theSoviet Ukraine , andMontreal , where he lived after the Communist takeover in Poland afterWorld War II .While in Leipzig, Germany, before World War II, Brzeziński became involved in efforts to rescue European Jews from
Nazi concentration camps . In 1978, his efforts on behalf of the Jewish people were recognized byIsrael i Prime Minister,Menachem Begin .Brzeziński was consul general from 1938 until the Communist takeover of Poland at the end of World War II. He served as president of the
Canadian Polish Congress from 1952 to 1962, and in 1975 helped create theWorld Polish Congress . Until his retirement, he worked for theQuebec province Ministry of Culture, setting upFrench-language centers in small towns.Brzeziński died of
pneumonia in Montreal at the age of 93. He was survived by his two sons:Zbigniew Brzezinski , PresidentJimmy Carter 's national security advisor; and Lech Brzeziński, an engineer also living in Montreal.References
* "Tadeusz Brzezinski; Former Polish Consul General." "
Los Angeles Times ",January 13 ,1990 , Part A; Page 32
* "Tadeusz Brzezinski, Ex-Polish Diplomat, Dies at 93 in Canada." "New York Times ",January 9 ,1990 , Section D; Page 23External links
* [http://www.citinet.net/mwojdan/Photos/Brzezinski%20Sr%20i%20Jr.jpgPhoto of Zbigniew standing with Tadeusz]
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