- Jan Dobraczyński
Jan Dobraczyński (
April 20 ,1910 —March 5 ,1994 ) – Polish writer, publicist, soldier and politician. In theSecond Polish Republic , supporter ofStronnictwo Narodowe andCatholic movements. Soldier of thePolish Army duringPolish Defensive War of 1939, member ofArmia Krajowa , who fought in theWarsaw Uprising in 1944. After the war supportedPolish communists , member toSejm s of 1952 and 1985, activist ofPAX Association andPatriotyczny Ruch Odrodzenia Narodowego . Held the rank ofgeneral in Polish forces.During
World War II , as the head of the Division for Abandoned Children at the Warsaw municipal welfare department, Jan Dobraczynski helpedŻegota activists place Jewish children in convents. [Nahum Bogner, [http://www1.yadvashem.org/download/about_holocaust/studies/bogner_full.pdf The Convent Children: The Rescue of Jewish Children in Polish Convents During the Holocaust] , page 11.] He was imprisoned inBergen-Belsen followingWarsaw Uprising .In 1985 Dobraczyński was awarded the Cross of
Virtuti Militari and in 1993 the title of theRighteous Among the Nations .Footnote
Bibliography
* Jan Dobraczyński, "Tylko w jednym życiu". Wspomnienia, 1986
* Zygmunt Lichniak, Szkic do portretu Jana Dobraczyńskiego, 1962
* Aleksander Rogalski, Dobraczyński, 1986 (fr)
* Aleksander Rogalski, Jan Dobraczyński, 1981 (en)
* Jerzy Ziomek, Jana Dobraczyńskiego Księgi (bez) Wyjścia, in "Wizerunki polskich pisarzy katolickich", 1963.
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