Muzeum historii polski jan karski biography
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Jan Karski
Polish World War II resistance movement fighter
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| Born | Jan Kozielewski 24 April 1914[a] Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 13 July 2000 (aged 86) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Nationality | Polish, American |
| Other names | Jan Kozielewski (birth name); Piasecki, Kwaśniewski, Znamierowski, Kruszewski, Kucharski, and Witold (akas) |
| Occupation(s) | Polish resistance fighter; diplomat; activist; professor; author |
| Known for | World War II resistance and the Holocaust rescue |
| Spouse | Pola Nireńska |
Jan Karski (born Jan Kozielewski, 24 June 1914[a] – 13 July 2000) 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 fa