Find A Grave - Poland

Achard, Dr. Franz Carl b. April 28, 1753 d. 1821
Franz Carl Achard was a German chemist and biologist who is primarily remembered for the discovery of how to extract sugar from sugar beets. He studied chemistry in Berlin, and became a member of the Circle of Friends of the Natural Sciences. He was patronized by King Frederick the Great of Prussia, who had immense interest in his studies on the effects of electricity on intelligence. He was granted a lifetime pension by the king for his research on the possibility of tobacco-growing in Prussia...[Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)
Moczydlnica Dworska Old Cemetery, Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
Aldridge, Ira Frederick b. July 24, 1807 d. August 7, 1867
Actor. He gained fame in the 19th century as one of the most prominent African-American Shakespearian actors and the first American actor to perform in Russia. Born in New York City, New York, he was the son of poor citizens of class known as "Free Negroes." Educated at New York's African Free School, he won many oratory contests and later studied at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. During this time he became attracted to the theatre. His mother later died in 1818 and after his father...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Lodz Evangelical Cemetery, Lodz, Lodzkie, Poland
Andrzejewski, Jerzy b. August 19, 1909 d. April 20, 1983
Author. He was born and died in Warsaw (Poland). He is best known for his works "Ashes and Diamonds", "And Darkness Covered the Earth (The Inquisitors)", "The Gates of Paradise", "He Cometh Leaping Upon The Mountains", "Inescapable Ways", "Mode of the Heart', "No Man", "Night" and "All But Gone". (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Anne (Anna of Inner Austria) b. August 16, 1573 d. February 10, 1598
Queen of Poland and Sweden. She was originally Archduchess-Princess of Austria, Duchess of Styria there, belonged to the Habsburg Dynasty and became the first consort of King Sigmund III in 1592. Her private nickname was "Andle". In six years, she bore five children of whom a son and all three daughters died young. She was Queen of both countries for seven years, from the year of her marriage until her death, and thus missed by a year her husband's official dethronement in Sweden in 1599. All...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Wawel Cathedral, Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland
Plot: Vasa Chapel
Anne of Sweden (Anna) b. May 30, 1568 d. February 6, 1625
Swedish Royalty and Politician. Born in Eskilstuna, she was the daughter and favorite child of King John III of Sweden, Vasa Dynasty, and played an important part in the political complications between that country and Poland, of which her brother Sigmund (III) was elected King in 1587. Her Swedish and Polish name was Anna, and in Polish history she is known as "the Swedish princess". She was considered cheerful, intelligent, independent and "quite disrespectful". There had been plans for her...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Church of St. Mary's, Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
Asnyk, Adam b. September 11, 1838 d. August 2, 1897
Polish poet and dramatist. He published his poems in the collections Poezje (1869, 1872, 1880, 1894). He began his literary career in 1864-65. The fullest expression of his intellectualised poetry is the series of 30 sonnets, Nad glebiami (1883-94), owing to which Asnyk came to be referred to as "a poet-philosopher." This series comprises the poet's philosophical system, which was an attempt at reconciling idealism with positivist realism and scientism. He was leading poet of positivism period...[Read More] (Bio by: Kasia)
Skalka Sanctuary, Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland
Augustus II the Strong b. May 12, 1670 d. February 1, 1733
Polish Monarch. He reigned as King of Poland from 1697 to 1733. As Frederick Augustus I, he was elector of Saxony from 1694 to 1733. His coronation as King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was on September 15, 1697. He served until 1706 and then again from 1709 until his death in 1733. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Wawel Cathedral, Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland
Baird, Tadeusz b. July 26, 1928 d. September 2, 1981
Composer. Often cited with Krzystof Penderecki and Henryk Gorecki as a leader of Poland's post-World War II musical avant-garde. Born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, he began music studies during the Nazi occupation and afterwards at the State College of Music in Warsaw (1947 to 1951). His early compositions, including the First and Second Symphonies (1950, 1952), a Piano Concerto (1949), and the Concerto for Orchestra (1953), adhered to "socialist realism" dictates under Stalinism, but after...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Barlow, Joel b. March 24, 1754 d. December 24, 1812
US Diplomat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, fighting in the Battle of Long Island in New York (1776). He was appointed by President James Madison as the United States Ambassador to France, serving from 1811 to his death in Poland in 1812. A cenotaph exists for him in the Great Pasture Road Cemetery in Redding, Connecticut.
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Churchyard, Pomorskie, Poland
Beksinski, Zdzislaw b. February 24, 1929 d. February 22, 2005
Renowned Polish painter, photographer, and fantasy artist. He is the only modern European artist to have had an exhibition in the Osaka Museum of Art in Japan. A prestigious exhibition in Warsaw in 1964 proved to be his first major success, as all his paintings were sold. In the 1980s his works gained on popularity in France due to the endeavours of Piotr Dmochowski, and he gained significant popularity in Western Europe, the USA and Japan. He soon became the leading figure in contemporary...[Read More] (Bio by: Kasia)
Sanok Cemetery, Sanok, Podkarpackie, Poland
Belzec Holocaust Memorial [memorial] b. March 17, 1942 d. June 30, 1943
Holocaust Memorial. Belzec was a Nazi death camp during World War II. It was the first of three killing centers (the others were Sobibor and Treblinka) built in 1942 as part of the "Operation Reinhard" program, Adolf Hitler's plan to eliminate the Jews of Europe. The complex stood outside the village of Belzec in the Lublin district of Poland. Belzec was a prototype death camp and different techniques of transport and extermination were employed to determine what was most efficient. Christian...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Belzec Memorial Site and Museum, Belzec, Lubelskie, Poland
Boguslawski, Wojciech b. April 9, 1757 d. July 23, 1829
Actor, Director, Producer, Playwright. "The Father of Polish Theatre", he devoted his 50-year career to disseminating nationalist ideals and broadening his homeland's cultural horizons through drama. The son of nobility, Boguslawski was born at the family estate in Glinno, near Poznan, Poland. As a teen he was an avid participant in amateur theatre, but in 1775 he was sent to Warsaw for officer training in the Polish Army. In Eastern Europe it was common for authors to write short comedies for...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Boguslawski, Wojciech [memorial] b. April 9, 1757 d. July 23, 1829
Actor, Director, Producer, Playwright. "The Father of Polish Theatre", he devoted his 50-year career to disseminating nationalist ideals and broadening his homeland's cultural horizons through drama. The son of nobility, Boguslawski was born at the family estate in Glinno, near Poznan, Poland. As a teen he was an avid participant in amateur theatre, but in 1775 he was sent to Warsaw for officer training in the Polish Army. In Eastern Europe it was common for authors to write short comedies for...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Wojciech Boguslawski Memorial, Glinno, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
Borowski, Tadeusz b. November 12, 1922 d. July 1, 1951
Author. His short story collection "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen" (1959), based on his World War II experiences in Nazi death camps, is considered a masterpiece of Holocaust Literature. Written in a pitiless documentary style, these first-person accounts compel readers to imagine what they would do to survive in similar circumstances. They were gathered from two books published during Borowski's lifetime: "Farewell to Maria" (1948) and "World of Stone" (1948). Born in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Bushell, Roger Joyce b. August 30, 1910 d. March 29, 1944
World War II British Royal Air Force Officer. He was the central figure in the escape of Allied prisoners of war during World War II from the German Stalag Luft III, which was later portrayed in the book and motion picture "The Great Escape". Born in 1910 in Springs, Transvaal, South Africa, his family lived in Mossel River, Cape Province. He studied law Pembroke College, Cambridge, England, and became an adventurer during the 1930s, becoming fluent in German and French. At the outbreak of...[Read More] (Bio by: Elsie Celestino)
Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Plot: Collective Grave 9A
Celje, Anna Of b. 1380 d. March, 1416
Queen of Poland. Daughter of Count William of Celje and Anna of Poland. Wife of Wladislaw Jagiello of Poland. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
Wawel Cathedral, Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland
Chopin, Frederic [heart only] b. March 1, 1810 d. October 17, 1849
Composer, Pianist. The Romantic movement's "Poet of the Piano". Chopin was unique among the world's great composers in writing almost exclusively for that instrument, bringing it to new heights of expressiveness. His harmonic and rhythmic daring, united with unforgettable melodies, had a profound influence on Western music. Claude Debussy said of him, "Chopin is the greatest of us all, for with the piano alone he...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Holy Cross Church, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Plot: Location of heart only, in accordance to his wishes.
Ciechowski, Grzegorz b. August 29, 1957 d. December 22, 2001
Rock Musician. He was a frontman of Poland's rock band called "Republika," which was active from 1981 to 2001. He wrote this band's biggest hits such as "White Flag," "Telephones" and many others. He was also a music producer and film music composer. (Bio by: Kasia)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Copernicus, Nicolaus b. February 19, 1473 d. May 24, 1543
Polish Scientist and Astronomer. Considered the Father of Modern Astronomy, he was the first to postulate that the earth revolved around the sun, and that the earth was a moving planet. Born in Thorn (now Torun, Poland), Copernicus was educated at the University of Krakow. From the influence of his uncle, a catholic bishop, he was appointed a canon of the cathedral of Frauenberg (now Frombork, Poland), providing him with income for the rest of his life. His church gave him permission to...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Frombork Cathedral, Frombork, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland
Czyzewska, Elzbieta b. April 14, 1938 d. June 17, 2010
Actress. A leading light of the Polish stage and screen, she played numerous character roles in the United States after her forced exile from her native land. Raised in Warsaw, she graduated from acting school in 1960, and after appearing in the movie short "Erotique" quickly became a national sex symbol. Starring in the works of director Jerzy Skolimowski (to whom some speculate that she was married), she was held in high esteem, but her life and career took a major turn when she appeared in a...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Powazki Military Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

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