Władysław Bartoszewski ( 1922 –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 he
was persecuted and imprisoned by the communist Polish People's Republic due to
his membership of the Home Army and opposition activity.
After the collapse of the communist regime, Bartoszewski
served twice as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from March through December
1999 and again from 2000 to 2001. He was also an ambassador and a member of the
Polish Senate. Bartoszewski was a close ally and friend of Polish
anti-Communist activist and later president Lech Wałęsa.
Bartoszewski was a chevalier of the Order of the White
Eagle, and an honorary citizen of Israel and a member of the International
Honorary Council of the European Academy of Diplomacy.
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