Zbigniew Małecki (1922-2009), journalist, president of the Polish Social and Cultural Foundation in Quebec. In 1939, he passed the competitive examination for the National Maritime School in Gdynia and served his apprenticeship on the newest transatlantic liner MSm/s ""Chrobry"" on its inaugural voyage to South American ports. The outbreak of war found him in Brazil. By a circuitous route he reached Great Britain, where he volunteered for military service with an assignment to the 2nd Infantry Rifle Division in France. The Division, after fierce battles with General Guderian's German Panzer Division at Maiche and St-Hippolyte, crossed the Swiss border on the night of 20-21 June 1940 and was interned. There, after passing the Polish and Swiss matriculation exams in 1943, he studied at the University of Freiburg (humanities -- history of philosophy, history of art and history, parallel studies in journalism). He died in Montreal and is buried in the Notre-Dame-Des-Neige cemetery.