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The aim of this publication is to present the person of Professor Włodzimierz Fijałkowski (1917-2003). Materials come from archival records, printed papers and interviews with people working with Professor Fijałkowski. He was the creator of the Polish school of childbirth, promoter of natural methods of birth planning and defender of conceived human life. Professor Fijałkowski was a remarkable physician and scientist, but first of all an extraordinary human being.