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Still during the World War II, on 23 October 1944, members of the Polish Committee of National Liberation made the decision of launching a university in Lublin that would be the first such post in "the new Poland". At the same time they had to choose its patron. The article is going to discuss their dispute over the choice, the decision itself as well as the origins and beginnings of the University of Maria Sklodowska-Curie in Lublin.