Karski Jan

  • Karski, Jan, 1914-2000
  • Kozielewski-Karski, Jan, 1914-2000
  • Witold 1914-2000 Pseudonym
  • Kozielewski, Jan 1914-2000 Wirklicher Name
  • コジェレフスキ, ヤン
  • ...
Identifier
000207
Type of Entity
Person

Dates of Existence

24/06/1914

13/07/2000

History

Resistance fighter. Member of the Polish underground, courier to the Polish Government-in-exile, slipped twice into the Warsaw ghetto in 1942 and subsequently made his way to London and the US to report on the deplorable conditions he witnessed. Righteous gentile.

Places

  • Łódź, Poland

  • Washington, D.C., United States

Sources

  • Story of a Secret State / J. Karski. - Boston : H. Mifflin, 1944. - p. 142

  • Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / ed. I. Gutman. - New York : Macmillan, 1990. - Vol. 2, p. 787