Jerzy Markuszewski
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Jerzy Markuszewski was a Polish
theater director and anti-Communist dissident
. Born in Warsaw
, Markuszewski was one of the co-signers of Letter of 59
, which protested the altering of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland
in 1975.
Markuszewski died in Warsaw, Poland, on 16 October 2007.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
theater director and anti-Communist dissident
Dissident
A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. When dissidents unite for a common cause they often effect a dissident movement....
. Born in 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...
, Markuszewski was one of the co-signers of Letter of 59
Letter of 59
The Letter of 59 was an open letter signed by 66 Polish intellectuals who protested against the changes of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland that were made by the communist party of Poland in 1975...
, which protested the altering of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland
Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland
The Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland was passed on 22 July 1952. Created by the Polish communists in the People's Republic of Poland, it was based on the 1936 Soviet Constitution , and it superseded the post-war provisional Small Constitution of 1947 which, at its turn, had declared...
in 1975.
Markuszewski died in Warsaw, Poland, on 16 October 2007.
External links
- Jerzy Markuszewski obituary (Polish)