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Name: Jerzy Władysław  Giedroyć
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Date of birth: 1906-07-27
Place of birth: Soviet Union,
Did this person die during World War ll?: No
Date of death: 2000-9-14
Place of death: France
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Description: Jerzy Giedroyc was born in Minsk, an area where, in his words, “questions of identity are better answered by three-volume novels than a passport”. Descended from an aristocratic family of Lithuanian origin that had embraced both Russian and Polish culture, Giedroyc became instrumental in the fall of Communism in Poland.As leading figure of the Polish diaspora in Paris and leading light behind "Kultura" magazine. Giedroyc was the driving force behind Polish-Ukrainian reconcilliation after the horrors of World War 2.It was Giedroyc that in a mid 1970's article in Kultura advocated that Poland should recognise any future independent Ukrainian state without disputing its borders. (thereby accepting the loss of Lwow, Tarnopol etc)
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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll: Poland,
Kresy Inhabitant Status: Kresy inhabitant for several generations
Ethnicity: Polish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education Level: higher
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Służył w Jednostka Od: yyyy Mm Dd Do: yyyy Mm Dd
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders) podporucznik dowództwo ozt 
Other Military Service: Nr ewidencyjny 3 DSK/Serial Nr in 3 DSK 1906/10
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Kraj Stan Dzielnica Miejscowość Najbliższe duże miasto Opis
Italy Rome
France Paris

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