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Jan Karski
AuthorBooks · Second hand1914-2000
Jan Karski was a Polish soldier, resistance-fighter, and diplomat during World War II. He is known for having acted as a courier in 1940–1943 to the Polish government-in-exile and to Poland's Western Allies about the situation in German-occupied Poland. He reported about the state of Poland, its many competing resistance factions, and also about Germany's destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and its operation of extermination camps on Polish soil that were murdering Jews, Poles, and others.
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Birth
1914
Death
2000
First book
1944
Years writing
82
Jan Karski was a courageous member of the Polish resistance during World War II.
His most notable work, Story of a Secret State, is a fundamental testimony about the occupation.
During his clandestine missions, he used the pseudonym Witold to protect his identity.
Beyond his work in the resistance, he pursued a brilliant career as an academic and professor.
Born in Lodz, Karski eventually became a U.S. citizen committed to history.