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, Pronaszko was a member of the Polish resistance, and a director of the Department of Microphotography at the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of Armia Krajowa. He was also involved with the underground theatre. After the war Pronaszko became the lecturer at the Academy of Theatre in Warsaw (Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza).

Notes and references

* Irena Kossowska, Monika Mokrzycka-Pokora
"Andrzej Pronaszko"
''Kultura polska'', Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, 2006
"PRONASZKO, Andrzej (1888-1961)"
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