Władysław Bartoszewski

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Polish politician and activist (1922-2015)

PoliticiansLived 1922 to 2015 · aged 93

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Fame56.8

Momentum6.5

Languages25

In century#13,145

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

The third anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the official gathering at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw, April 1946. On stage, among others, the activists of Żegota. Bartoszewski is sitting on the third right

Bartoszewski (right, background) with Bronisław Geremek (left, background), 1997

Awards 35

2013honorary citizen of Kraków

2012Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross

2009honorary doctor of the University of Łódź

2002Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class

2002Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

2002Robert Schuman Medal

2002Eugen Kogon Award

2001Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit

1997Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg

1997Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1996Heinrich Heine Prize

1996Heinrich Brauns Award

1995Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg

1995Romano Guardini award

1986Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association

1983Herder Prize

1965Righteous Among the Nations

Commander of the Legion of Honour

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Order of the White Eagle

Golden Medal for Merit to Culture

European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma

Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Badge "Merit for the Protection of Human Rights"

Cross of Freedom and Solidarity

Honorary doctor of the University of Gdańsk

honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw

Bavarian Order of Merit

honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin

Zasłużony Działacz Kultury

Bene Merito

Kisiel Prize

Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Cross of Valour (1939)

In their orbit 2

SpouseZofia Bartoszewska

SpouseAntonina Mijal

Connected to Władysław 6

Václav HavelAlso won Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg

Herta MüllerAlso won Eugen Kogon Award

Jean-Claude JunckerAlso won Heinrich Brauns Award

Simone VeilAlso won European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma

Piotr IkonowiczAlso won Badge "Merit for the Protection of Human Rights"

Richard CzarneckiAlso won Cross of Freedom and Solidarity

About this person

Władysław Bartoszewski was a Polish professor of History, politician, social activist, journalist, writer, historian and insurgent. 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 persecuted and imprisoned by the ruling Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) of the Polish People's Republic regime due to his membership in the Home Army and opposition activity.