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• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• 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
   
• Dygat, Kalina    b. February 5, 1931  d. August 7, 1991
  Actress. Born in Czestochowa, Poland in 1931, her parents brought her up together with two other children. In 1953 she debuted on stage and year later married famous Polish writer Stanislaw Dygat ( Bodenskie Lake, Disneyland). Her long list of theatre work includes plays by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz and Bertolt Brecht among others. Jedrusik first appeared on screen in 1957 with the movie "Ewa Wants to Sleep" (1958). She is mostly known for playing Joanna in comedy "Medicine on Lov " (1966) and Lucy...[Read More] (Bio by: Kasia)
  Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Elsner, Jozef    b. June 1, 1769  d. April 18, 1854
  Composer, Conductor, Educator, Author. An important precursor of Polish Nationalism in music, he pioneered in using folk elements in his work. Some of his operas have themes taken from Polish history and legend. Among his many students the greatest was Frederic Chopin. Joseph Anton Franz Elsner was born in Grottkau (now Grodków), Silesia, a region of Poland then under Prussian rule. His ancestry was German, he received a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Fogg, Mieczyslaw    b. May 30, 1901  d. September 3, 1990
  Entertainer. Real name Mieczyslaw Fogiel. He was one of the most popular Polish singers of the 20th century. Starting his career well before World War II, he traveled the country first in vaudeville acts and later toured the world with his own song-and-dance group. He was able to sing in different languages, which made him very popular with his audiences outside of Poland. After the war in 1945 he opened the first Music Cafe in the still mostly destroyed city of Warsaw. Though not very...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank K.)
  Cmentarz Brodnowski, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Freyer, August (Karl)   b. December 15, 1801  d. May 28, 1883
  Organist, Composer, Teacher. A prominent figure in Polish musical life for nearly 50 years. Born in Mildenau, Germany, he studied organ in Leipzig and music theory under Jozef Elsner at the Warsaw Conservatory (1827 to 1831). During that time he befriended Frederic Chopin and tutored the young Stanislaw Moniuszko, who would become the most important Polish composer of his generation. When the Russian Empire shut down the conservatory in the wake of the failed 1830 Uprising, Freyer went on an...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Protestant Cemetery (Defunct), Pilica, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Freyer, August (Karl)    b. December 15, 1801  d. May 28, 1883
  Organist, Composer, Teacher. A prominent figure in Polish musical life for nearly 50 years. Born in Mildenau, Germany, he studied organ in Leipzig and music theory under Jozef Elsner at the Warsaw Conservatory (1827 to 1831). During that time he befriended Frederic Chopin and tutored the young Stanislaw Moniuszko, who would become the most important Polish composer of his generation. When the Russian Empire shut down the conservatory in the wake of the failed 1830 Uprising, Freyer went on an...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Evangelical Cemetery , Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Gierek, Edward    b. January 6, 1913  d. July 29, 2001
  He was the communist ruler of Poland in the 1970s who was forced to resign amid anti-communist worker protests that gave birth to Solidarity. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
  Cause of death: Lung infection
  Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Glemp, Cardinal Józef   b. December 18, 1929  d. January 23, 2013
  Roman Catholic Prelate. Best remembered for having been the Primate of Poland during the years of Solidarność. Ordained priest in 1956, he devoted himself to the study of canon law reaching a considerable prestige in the Polish Church. On March 4 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Warmia and after just two years, Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno. In 1981, his appointment as Primate of Poland aroused much controversy because he was suspected of collaborating with the...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
  Saint John's Archcathedral, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
  Plot: Under the central nave dedicated to St. John the Baptist
   
• Gomulka, Wladyslaw    b. February 6, 1905  d. September 1, 1982
  Polish Communist Leader. He helped establish the Polish Workers' Party and was secretary of its Central Committee from 1943 to 1949. After World War II, he served from 1945 to 1949 as Deputy Premier of Poland. A Polish nationalist, Gomulka was purged in 1949 for his alleged sympathy with the Yugoslav Communist leader Josip Broz Tito, and was arrested in 1951. If it had not been for the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953, he would have been executed. He was freed in 1954 and was...[Read More]
  Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Gorski, Kazimierz   b. March 2, 1921  d. May 23, 2006
  Olympic Soccer Coach. He was the head coach of the Polish national soccer team from 1971 to 1976 and chairman of the Polish Soccer Federation from 1991 to 1995. He led Poland to a gold and silver medal in the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics and a third place finish in the 1974 World Cup. He died in the Polish capital of Warsaw from cancer at the age of 85. (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
  Cmentarz Jasliskach, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Herbert, Zbigniew    b. October 29, 1924  d. July 28, 1998
  Zbigniew Herbert was an influential Polish poet, essayist and moralist. He was a member of the Polish resistance movement during World War II. He was one of the most famous and translated Polish writers.His family came to Galicia from the United Kingdom. His grandfather was an English teacher and his father fought for Polish liberation in the Polish Legions.In 1938 Herbert started studies at the Casimir The Great Gymnasium in Lvow. During World War II he joined the Armia Krajowa (Home Army)...[Read More] (Bio by: Kasia)
  Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Jantar, Anna    b. June 10, 1950  d. March 14, 1980
  Singer. She was one of Poland's leading pop stars of the 1970s. Born Anna Maria Szmeterling, she her professional debut in 1973 when she appeared at the Polish Song Festival in Opole, Poland. Some of her best known recordings include "Najtrudniejszy Pierwszy Krok", "Poszukaj Swojej Gwiazdy", "Polubiłam Pejzaż Ten", "Moje Jedyne Marzenie", and the English recordings "So Much Sun In The Whole Town", and "My Baby Waits For Rainy Days". She was married to composer Jaroslaw Kukulska, with whom she...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Cmentarz Wawrzyszewski, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Jezioranski, Jan Nowak   b. October 3, 1913  d. January 20, 2005
  Poland's Home Army's courier to London during WW2, director of the polish section of Radio Free Europe after war, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Bill Clinton in 1996. (Bio by: Kasia)
  Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   
• Kaczmarski, Jacek    b. March 22, 1957  d. April 10, 2004
  Singer, Songwriter. In the late 1970s he was hailed as a voice of Poland's Solidarity movement with such fiery protest songs as "Walls" and "Wolf Hunt", which criticized the communist regime and appealed to his people's sense of nationalism in fighting oppression. Faced with imprisonment after martial law was declared in Poland in 1981, Kaczmarski escaped to the west and worked as a broadcast journalist for Radio Free Europe. He returned to a hero's welcome in 1990, after the communist...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
   

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