Jan Nowak-Jezioranski
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Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (ˈjan ˈnɔvak jɛʑɔˈraɲskʲi; October 3, 1914 Berlin
Berlin
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 – January 20, 2005 Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

) was a Polish
Poland
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 journalist
Journalist
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, writer
Writer
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, politician
Politician
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, social worker and patriot. He served during the Second World War as one of the most notable resistance
Resistance movement
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 fighters of the Home Army. He is best remembered for his work as an emissary shuttling between the commanders of the Home Army and the Polish Government in Exile
Polish government in Exile
The Polish government-in-exile, formally known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile , was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Poland of September 1939, and the subsequent occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, which...

 in London and other Allied
Allies
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 governments which gained him the nickname "Courier from Warsaw", and for his participation in the Warsaw Uprising
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army , to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces...

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Quotations

There comes this moment, when I can no longer look at my country from the distance. That's why I decided to look at Poland from very close..

On his return to Poland after almost 50 years on exile

It doesn't matter whether I like my Homeland or not. I can't tear it out of my soul, can I...

What I fear the most is the triumphalism of former PZPR|PZPR members

on the probable election of Aleksander Kwasniewski|Aleksander Kwaśniewski in 1995|1995.

Rysio during the German occupation was risking his life constantly! He hid Jews. And not one or two, but a dozen or so! He had a tiny flat in Warsaw's borough of Żoliborz and in that tiny space he managed to organise enough space for our scouting leader Antek Rosenal and for our classmates. For me that is the true meaning of heroism.

On one of his colleagues.

 
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