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Jerzy Giedroyc

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Jerzy Giedroyc

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First name:

Jerzy

Last Name:

Giedroyc

Parents:

Ignacy Giedroyć i Franciszka Giedroyć z domu Starzycka

Crest:

Giedrojć

Date of birth:

27-07-1906

Place of birth:

Mińsk

Date of death:

14-09-2000

Place od death:

Maisons-Laffitte

Age:

Profession:

politician, lawyer, publisher, publicist

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Korony (1930), Order Gwiazdy Białej (1932), Order Legii Honorowej (1938, 1996), Order Korony (1938), Order Wielkiego Księcia Giedymina (1998), Order „Za zasługi” (1998)

Biography:

Jerzy Giedroyc (1906-2000), born in Minsk, son of Ignacy Giedroyc and Franciszka Giedroyć née Starzycka. From 1919, he lived in Warsaw. In 1924, he graduated from the Jan Zamoyski Gymnasium there. In 1924-1929, he studied law, and in 1930-1931, history. Both majored in history at Warsaw University. He belonged to the Patria academic corporation. From 1926, he was one of the leaders of Myśli Mocarstwowa. From 1930, he edited the weekly magazine Academic Day. He belonged to the Anders Army, where he met, among others, Józef Czapski. He was a co-founder of the Literary Institute. Within its framework, he published the monthly Kultura and Zeszyty Historyczne. In 1950, he took part in the Congress of Free Culture. Information about him was subject to censorship in the People's Republic of Poland.

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