Zbigniew Załuski was a Polish army officer, writer and Member of Parliament.

Biography

A native of the Wołyń Voivodeship, he was exiled to Kazakhstan in 1940, soon after the Soviet invasion

Soviet invasion of Poland

Soviet invasion of Poland can refer to:* the second phase of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920 when Soviet armies marched on Warsaw, Poland* Soviet invasion of Poland of 1939 when Soviet Union allied with Nazi Germany attacked Second Polish Republic...

. After joining the Polish People's Army

Polish Armed Forces in the East

Polish Armed Forces in the East refers to military units composed of Poles created in the Soviet Union at the time when the territory of Poland was occupied by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the Second World War....

 in 1944, he participated in the Battles for Kolberg and Berlin

Battle of Berlin

The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II....

. Załuski joined the Polish Workers' Party

Polish Workers' Party

The Polish Workers' Party was a communist party in Poland from 1942 to 1948. It was founded as a reconstitution of the Communist Party of Poland, and merged with the Polish Socialist Party in 1948 to form the Polish United Workers' Party.-History:...

 and attended the Academy for Political Education Officers, eventually reaching the rank of Colonel as a political officer

Political officer

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He had a long journalistic career, mainly as an editor in the magazine Wojsko Ludowe (People's Army) and has written several books dealing with military history and Polish history. Załuski was also a screenwriter and a film consultant.

In 1969 he was elected member of the Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....

 for the Communist Party and continued in the role until his death. In 1974 he joined the administrative board of the Polish–Soviet Friendship Society. Załuski also served as the chief of Communist Party cell in the Polish Writers Union, until his death from a heart attack.

Books

• The Polish Seven Deadly Sins (Siedem polskich grzechów głównych).
• Polish Army -Loyal Guards of the Homeland (Wojsko polskie – ojczyzny wierna straż).
• Poles on the fronts of the Second World War (Polacy na frontach II wojny światowej).
• The Year Forty Four (Czterdziesty czwarty).
• The End, 1945 (Finał 1945).
• Pass into History (Przepustka do historii).

Filmography

• Then There Was Silence (Potem nastąpi cisza) - 1965.
• Direction: Berlin (Kierunek Berlin) - 1968.
• Last Days (Ostatnie Dni) - 1969.
• Liberation
  Liberation (film series)
  Liberation is an epic five-part film series considered the most large-scale World War II film ever made in the Soviet Union. Filmed from 1967 to 1971, the first part was released during 1970 for the 25th anniversary of Victory Day...
  
  - 1969-71.
• Legend (Legenda) - 1970.
• Victory (Zwycięstwo) - 1974.
• Soldiers of Freedom
  Soldiers of Freedom
  Soldiers of Freedom is a 1977 film directed by Yuri Ozerov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Vasily Lanovoy. Soldiers of Freedom is the World War II historical drama.-Plot:...
  
  - 1977.

External links

• Zbigniew Załusky on IMDb.
• Zbigniew Załusky in Filmpolsky.