Find A Grave - Mazowieckie

Kamienski, Maciej b. October 13, 1734 d. January 25, 1821
Composer. He won fame as the composer of the first Polish opera, "Misery Made Happy" (1778), a cornerstone of cultural nationalism in his adopted country. It paved the way for a Polish brand of music theatre that thrived for nearly a century. Kamienski was born into a Slovak family in Sopron, Hungary. As a youth he sang in the court chapel of Sopron's Count Henckel von Donnersmarck, and in 1760 he accompanied his widow's entourage to Vienna. There he heard a six year-old Mozart perform at Schö...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Kapuscinski, Ryszard b. March 4, 1932 d. January 23, 2007
Author, Journalist. Born in Piñsk, Kapuscinski was considered Poland's leading journalist of his time. His experiences covering international conflicts were reflected in such books as "The Emperor", about the decline of Haile Selassie's regime in Ethiopia, "Shah of Shahs", "Imperium", and "Travels with Herodotus". Kapuscinski was frequently mentioned as a favorite to win the Nobel Prize in literature, but it was never awarded to him. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw b. December 11, 1876 d. February 8, 1909
An important representative of "Young Poland", an early 20th Century movement that combined Polish nationalist impulses with modern European techniques. His style is romantic and melancholy in character, and has a strong individual stamp. Among his notable works are the Symphony in E minor ("Revival", 1902), a Violin Concerto (1902), the "Lithuanian Rhapsody" for orchestra (1906), and symphonic poems "Eternal Songs" (1906), "The Sorrowful Tale" (1908), and "Episode at a Masquerade" (1908)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Kawalerowicz, Jerzy b. January 19, 1922 d. December 27, 2007
Filmmaker. A leading Polish motion picture director of post-World War II era. After working as an assistant director, Kawalerowicz made his 1951 screen debut with "The Village Mill". He then became a founder of the Polish Film School. He was probablay best remembered by his 1966 film "Pharaoh," which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. His credits also include "Shadow" (Cieñ, 1956), "Night Train" (Poci¹g, 1959) and "Mother Joan of the Angels" (Matka Joanna od aniolów...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Kiepura, Jan b. May 16, 1902 d. August 15, 1966
Actor, Singer. He was born in Sonowiec, Poland. He began his career as opera singer in 1925, getting a big success. In the final yeras of the 1920s and in the early 1930s, he toured for Europe, South America and United States. He made his film debut already in 1926 with the Polish production "O czem sie nie mysli", but is best remembered for the movies "Die singende Stadt" (1930), "Das Lied einer Nacht" (1932) and "Ein Lied für Dich" (1933). In 1934, he knew his future wife Martha Eggerth...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Kieslowski, Krzysztof b. June 27, 1941 d. March 13, 1996
Polish film director, screenwriter. He worked on the films "Red" (1994), "Threes Colors: White" (1994), "Blue" (1993), "The Double Life Of Veronique" (1991), "Honor Thy Father And Thy Mother" (1988), "Thou Shalt Not Take The Name Of Thy Lord God In Vain" (1988), "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife" (1988), "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness" (1988), "I Am The Lord Thy God" (1988), "Thou Shalt Not Kill" (1988), "Thou Shalt Not Steal" (1988), "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" (1988), "Honor...[Read More]
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Komeda, Krzysztof b. April 27, 1931 d. April 23, 1969
Musician. Real name Krzysztof Trzcinski. He was one of Poland's leading exponents of jazz, which became an underground phenomenon in several Soviet-satellite countries after the 1956 political "thaw." Since the communists strongly disapproved of that art form, he changed his last name to Komeda to protect his family. His music was influenced by be-bop and the "cool jazz" stylings of the late 1950s, which he initially discovered through records purchased on the black market in Warsaw. Outside...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Konopacka, Halina b. November 11, 1900 d. January 28, 1989
Olympic Champion. She placed first in the discus throw during the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, which made her the first woman to win a Gold Medal in an Olympic track and field event. Later in life she became an author and moved to the United States after World War II. She was married to Polish diplomat Ignacy Matuszewski. (Bio by: Frank K.)
Cmentarz Brodnowski, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Korczak, Janusz [cenotaph] b. July 22, 1878 d. August 6, 1942
Author. He gained international fame for his children's books and for his loyalty to orphans. Korczak was born Henryk Goldszmit in Warsaw, into a Jewish family. Trained as a pediatrician, he also served as a miltary doctor with the Polish armed forces during the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and the Polish-Soviet War, achieving the rank of Major. In 1898 he chose the pen name Janusz Korczak when he entered an essay contest. He kept that name duirng his literary career. Some of his more...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Cmentarz Zydowski, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Plot: Cenotaph
Kownacka, Gabriela b. May 25, 1952 d. November 30, 2010
Actress. She was a leading star of Polish film, stage, and television for around 35 years. A 1975 graduate of Warsaw's National Theatre School, she made the first of her roughly 40 silver screen appearances as Sophie in 1972's "Wesele" ("Wedding"). Gabriela was to see her 'big break' in 1977 when she won the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for her role as Maggie in Jerzy Hoffman's "Tredowata" ("Leper"), and in 1979 was named Film Star of the Season for her portrayal of Anita in "Szpicbrodka Hallo". She...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Evangelical Cemetery , Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Kuklinski, Ryszard Jerzy b. June 13, 1930 d. February 10, 2004
Polish Army Officer and spy. Colonel in the Polish Army, he spied against for the United States against the Polish communist government. He fled the country weeks before martial law was imposed in December 1981, and the government seized his house and other property. He was sentenced to death by Poland's former communist government in 1984 and visited his homeland for the first time since fleeing in May 1998, months after a court cleared him of the treason charges. He died in Tampa, Florida. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Kuroñ, Jacek b. March 3, 1934 d. June 16, 2004
Polish dissident, politician and journalist. An honest man who changed Poland, he was a colorful figure among the leaders of Poland's Solidarity movement wearing denim, regardless of the occasion, and a heavy smoker with a raspy voice. He was known as the godfather of Solidarity who, with Lech Walesa, helped spawn the events of August 1980 leading to widespread strikes and communism's collapse. Born in Lvov, eastern Poland (now Ukraine), he was a secular Jew in Catholic Poland who grew up a...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Kurpinski, Karol b. March 6, 1785 d. September 18, 1857
Composer, Conductor. A pioneer of nationalism in Polish music, he was one of his country's most celebrated composers before Chopin. His operas, nearly all on Polish subjects, were very popular in their day and illustrate the transition between the Classical and early Romantic movements. Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski was born in Wloszakowice, Poland, into a musical family. At age 12 he became organist at a local church, and from 1800 to 1808 he was a violinist in the private orchestra of Count...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Kwiatkowska, Irena b. September 17, 1912 d. March 3, 2011
Actress. She was a comedic star of Polish stage, screen, and television for around 75 years. Trained at Warsaw's Institute of Dramatic Arts she broke into cabaret in 1935 at Warsaw's Barber Theatre and was seen in increasingly important venues up to the outbreak of war. During World War II she served in the Polish Army as part of the Resistance and took part in the Warsaw Uprising. Kwiatkowska made her silver screen bow in 1945 with "2+2=4" and returned to her stage work performing at the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Lomnicki, Tadeusz b. July 18, 1927 d. February 22, 1992
Actor. A director and teacher, he is considered one of Poland's greatest actors. He passed away one week before the premiere of King Lear, while rehearsing. He worked with Andrzej Wajda (including "Man of Marble" as Burski) Andrzej Munk, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Janusz Morgenstern, Roman Polanski and many others. (Bio by: dei)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Lutoslawski, Witold b. January 25, 1913 d. February 7, 1994
Musician. He is considered one of Poland's three greatest composers, along with Frederic Chopin and Karol Szymanowski. A native of Warsaw, he studied at the conservatory there from 1932 to 1937, but political events would stymie his international career for more than two decades. He joined the Army at the start of World War II, and during the Nazi occupation he barely supported himself playing the piano in cafes. Most of what he wrote before 1945 was left unpublished. He then had to contend...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Malcuzynski, Witold b. August 10, 1914 d. July 17, 1977
Polish Pianist. Well-known classical pianist, best-known for his renditions of classical Frederic Chopin pieces. He studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and later under Ignace Paderewski in Switzerland. During World War II he toured the United States and in 1942 he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City and in 1945 he appeared in London with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Between 1949 and 1956 he made two world tours and 14 tours of the United States. He was made an honorary member...[Read More]
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Memorial, Warsaw Uprising d. 1944
Started on August 1, 1944, the Warsaw Uprising was an armied action against Nazi occupation that lasted 63 days and costed the lives of 18,000 Polish Home Army soldiers (25,000 wounded) and over 250,000 civilians. Warsaw was destroyed in 85% percent. The bodies of underground soldiers were later buried on Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw. The Warsaw Uprising monument was built on Krasinski Square in 1989. (Bio by: Kasia)
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Narutowicz, Gabriel b. March 17, 1865 d. December 16, 1922
First president of Poland. Narutowicz had from 1908 been a professor at the Zurich Polytechnic and had directed the construction of many hydroelectric plants in western Europe. After Poland regained independence in 1918, he became involved in national politics and served as minister of public works, 1920-1921, and as minister of foreign affairs in 1922. On December 9, 1922, he was elected by the Polish parliament (convened as the National Assembly of Poland) to be the first president of Poland...[Read More] (Bio by: Kasia)
Saint John's Archcathedral, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Niemen (Wydrzycki), Czeslaw b. February 16, 1939 d. January 17, 2004
Polish artist, musician and composer. He was a member of the big beat group named Niebiesko Czarni, then creator of bands Akwarele, Niemen Enigmatics and Grupa Niemen. His most remembered hits are "Dziwny jest ten swiat," "Pod papugami," "Wspomnienie." He was also a movie music composer, working with Andrzej Wajda for his project "Wesele" based on the drama by Stanislaw Wyspianski. (Bio by: dei)
Cause of death: Cancer
Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

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