Karski, Jan, 1914-2000

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Dates:
Birth 1914-06-24
Death 2000-07-13
Americans,
English, Polish,

Biographical notes:

Liaison officer and courier of the Polish government-in-exile to the Polish underground, 1939-1943; author, Story of a Secret State (1944).

From the description of Jan Karski papers, 1922-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868753

Biographical Note

1914 June 24 Born Jan Kozielewski in Lodz 1935 Law student at University of Lwow 1939 Recruited into the Polish diplomatic service Mobilized, September campaign - escapes Soviet imprisonment First mission to the West, France 1940 Second mission - Failed 1942 Smuggled into Warsaw ghetto and a concentration camp to prepare a report on Nazi war crimes Reports on his mission to representatives of governments of Poland and Great Britain 1943 Reports about situation in Poland to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other U.S. officials 1944 Publishes Story of a Secret State 1952 Receives PhD from Georgetown University 1953 Enrolls at School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University 1954 Naturalized as American citizen. Works for United States Information Service 1965 Marries Pola Nirenska 1984 Retires from Georgetown University 1985 Publishes The Great Powers and Poland 1994 Made honorary citizen of Israel 2000 July 13 Dies in Washington D.C.

From the guide to the Jan Karski papers, 1939-2007, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

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Subjects:

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Propaganda, German
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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Places:

  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Germany. (as recorded)
  • Poland. (as recorded)

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