Jan Nowak-Jeziorański

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Jan Nowak-Jeziorański was a prominent Polish World War II courier and resistance fighter who later became a noted journalist, writer, and advocate for Polish independence and democracy.

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instanceOf Polish resistance fighter
World War II courier
dissident
human
journalist
political activist
radio journalist
writer
awardReceived Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of the Bath
Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
surface form: Order of the White Eagle

Presidential Medal of Freedom
birthName Zdzisław Jeziorański
burialPlace Powązki Military Cemetery
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Poland
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-10-02
dateOfDeath 2005-01-20
educatedAt Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
surface form: University of Poznań
employer Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
surface form: Radio Free Europe
familyName Jeziorański
fieldOfStudy economics
genre memoir
political commentary
givenName Zdzisław Pidek
surface form: Zdzisław
languageSpoken English
Polish
militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
surface form: Armia Krajowa
movement Polish independence movement
democracy movement in Poland
name Jan Nowak-Jeziorański self-link
notableFor advocacy for NATO enlargement to include Poland
courier missions between the Polish underground state and the Polish government-in-exile
notableWork Kurier z Warszawy
occupation publicist
radio broadcaster
participantIn Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany
surface form: Polish resistance movement in World War II

World War II
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Poland
Warsaw
placeOfDeath Warsaw
politicalAlignment anti-communism
positionHeld director of the Polish section of Radio Free Europe
pseudonym Jan Nowak
Kurier z Warszawy
residence London, England
surface form: London

Munich
Warsaw
Washington, D.C.

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Home Army significantFigure Jan Nowak-Jeziorański
Jan Nowak-Jeziorański name Jan Nowak-Jeziorański self-link
Nowak hasNotableBearer Jan Nowak-Jeziorański