Jan Karski

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Jan Karski was a Polish World War II resistance courier and later academic renowned for bringing early eyewitness reports of the Holocaust to the Allied governments.

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instanceOf Polish resistance member
World War II courier
human
political scientist
university professor
awardReceived Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of the White Eagle
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Righteous Among the Nations
Virtuti Militari
birthName Jan Kozielewski
citizenship Poland
United States of America
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Poland
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-06-24
dateOfDeath 2000-07-13
educatedAt Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów
School of Political Science in Warsaw
employer Georgetown University
familyName Karski
fieldOfWork political science
genre memoir
givenName Jan
hasEthnicGroup Poles
knownFor missions as courier of the Polish Underground State
reporting early eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to Allied leaders
languageOfWorkOrName English
Polish
memberOf Home Army
Polish Underground State
metWith Franklin D. Roosevelt
militaryRank Second Lieutenant
movement Polish Underground State courier network
notableWork Story of a Secret State
occupation courier
diplomat
resistance fighter
university professor
participantIn Polish resistance movement in World War II
World War II
placeOfBirth Łódź
placeOfBurial Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
religion Roman Catholicism
reportedTo British government
linked to: UK government

United States government
spouse Pola Nireńska

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Wallenberg Medal hasRecipient Jan Karski