Tadeusz Kossak was a Polish activist, freedom fighter, and a plenipotent of a country estate in Górki Wielkie

Górki Wielkie

Górki Wielkie is a village in Gmina Brenna, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has a population of 3554 . It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and was first mentioned in a written document in 1305....

 from 1922. In 1907 Kossak was arrested by the Imperial Russian authorities for protesting against the foreign occupation of Poland

Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland for 123 years...

. During World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, in 1917, he joined the Polish Corps

Polish I Corps in Russia

Polish I Corps in Russia was a Polish military formation formed in Belarus, in August 1917 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from soldiers of Polish origin serving in the Russian Army...

 of Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki

Józef Dowbor-Musnicki

Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki was a Polish military officer and commander, serving with the Imperial Russian and then Polish armies...

 fighting for Polish independence.
Kossak was the author of a book of memoirs called "Jak to było w armii austriackiej" (How it was in the Austrian Army) published in 1927. He was a father of a novelist Zofia Kossak-Szczucka

Zofia Kossak-Szczucka

Zofia Kossak-Szczucka was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter. She co-founded the wartime Polish organization Żegota, set up to assist Poland's Jews in escaping the Holocaust...

 (1889–1968), and a twin brother of a renowned Polish historical painter Wojciech Kossak

Wojciech Kossak

Wojciech Kossak was a Polish painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of painters and writers...

. During the interwar period

Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...

, his estate in Górki was a magnet for Polish intellectuals, among them, Jan Parandowski

Jan Parandowski

Jan Parandowski was a Polish writer, essayist, and translator. Best known for his works relating to classical antiquity, he was also the president of the Polish PEN Club between 1933 and 1978, with a break during World War II.He was born in Lwów, Austria-Hungary and died in Warsaw.-Biography:Jan...

, Maria Dąbrowska

Maria Dabrowska

Maria Dąbrowska was a Polish writer.Dąbrowska was a member of the impoverished landed gentry. Interested both in literature and politics, she set herself up to help people born into poor circumstances. She studied sociology, philosophy, and natural sciences in Lausanne and Brussels and moved to...

, Jan Sztaudynger

Jan Sztaudynger

Jan Izydor Sztaudynger was a Polish poet and satirist. He enjoyed enormous popularity as a poet in Poland after the Second World War....

 and Melchior Wańkowicz

Melchior Wankowicz

Melchior Wańkowicz was a Polish writer, journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writing a book about the battle of Monte Cassino....

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