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Professor Waclaw Szyszkowski — a Lawyer, Anticommunist, One From the Generation of Independent Poland

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Kardela P.
Internal Security
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2018
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vol. Special Issue
41-52
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The article presents the activity of Wacław Szyszkowski, a lawyer, an emigration independence activist and an outstanding scientist, who fought in the Polish-Bolshevik war of 1920 and, after Poland regained independence, was active in a secret Union of the Polish Youth “Zet” and a public Union of the Polish Democratic Youth. Until 1939 W. Szyszkowski was a defence lawyer in Warsaw, supporting the activities of the Central Union of the Rural Youth “Siew” and the Work Cooperative “Grupa Techniczna”. Published articles in political and legal journals, such as “Przełom”, “Naród i Państwo”, “Palestra”, “Głos Prawa”. During World War II — a conspirator of the Union for Defense of the Republic of Poland, soldier of the Union of Armed Struggle and Home Army, assigned to the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the Home Army Headquarters. Fought in the Warsaw Uprising, after which he was deported by Germans to the Murnau oflag in Bavaria. For helping Jews during the occupation, the Yad Vashem Institute awarded him and his wife Irena the title of Righteous Among the Nations. After 1945, he remained in the West, engaging in the life of the Polish war exile in France, Great Britain and the United States. He received a doctorate in law at the Sorbonne. He belonged to the People’s Party “Wolność”, the Association of Polish Combatants. He was a member of the National Council of the Republic of Poland in Exile. As an anti-communist, he was invigilated by the communist intelligence of the People’s Republic of Poland. In the 1960s, after returning to Poland, as a lawyer and scientist, he was first affiliated with the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University of Lublin, and then with Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń. W. Szyszkowski is the author of nearly two hundred scientific and journalistic publications printed in Poland and abroad.
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ANDRZEJ ŻAKI I ALMA MATER EMIGRACJI NIEPODLEGŁOŚCIOWEJ

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Kruszewski E. S.
Zeszyty Naukowe PUNO
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2017
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issue 5
15-25
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Polish scholars in exile have made a signicant contribution to propagating Polish scien tic thought worldwide. Simultaneously, they would build a link between their homecountry and their country of residence. is article is dedicated to professor Andrzej Żaki – an outstanding archaeologist and historian. He lived in Switzerland for over 40 years. Professor Żaki was scientically aliated with Polish University Abroad in London for many years. He was also an organiser and a leading figure in the Association of Friends of the Polish University Abroad. e Association was created in Zurich in December 1977 with an aim to improve the quality of learning and the financial condition of Polish University in London. The Friends of Polish University Abroad constituted a strong, cultural and scientic centre for the community of Polish immigrants in Great Britain and have remained so for a long time.
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