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Marian Turski

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Polish historian

WritersLived 1926 to 2025 · aged 98
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Marian Turski was a Polish-Jewish historian, journalist and Holocaust survivor who served as the editor-in-chief of Sztandar Młodych, a nationwide daily newspaper of the Union of Polish Youth in 1956-1957 and from 1958 onwards, a columnist for the moderately critical weekly Polityka as the head of the weekly's...

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2022honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
2012Officer of the Legion of Honour
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Badge "Merit for the Protection of Human Rights"
Golden Medal for Merit to Culture
Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Silver Cross of Merit

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Marian Turski was a Polish-Jewish historian, journalist and Holocaust survivor who served as the editor-in-chief of Sztandar Młodych, a nationwide daily newspaper of the Union of Polish Youth in 1956-1957 and from 1958 onwards, a columnist for the moderately critical weekly Polityka as the head of the weekly's historical department. He played a role in falsifying the results of the 1946 referendum and served as a communist censor in the Voivodeship Office of Control of the Press, Publications, and Performances in Wrocław.

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2025 · aged 98
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13 languages

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