Corporal Stanisław Władysław Miedza-Tomaszewski (March 13, 1913 – December 15, 2000), underground ''
nom de guerre
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...
'' Miedza (footpath between fields in Polish),
was a Polish war artist, and underground fighter.
Member of the
Polish resistance during
occupation of Poland in World War II. In cooperation with
Józef Walaszczyk, he was helping Jews living in the
Warsaw ghetto, bringing them food, medicines and documents.
He escaped from the transport to
Pawiak
Pawiak () was a prison built in 1835 in Warsaw, Congress Poland.
During the January 1863 Uprising, it served as a transfer camp for Poles sentenced by Imperial Russia to deportation to Siberia.
During the World War II German occupation of ...
prison after arrest, and left besieged
Warsaw with the civilian population. Miedza-Tomaszewski is the author of the 1977 memoir ''Benefis konspiratora'' about his
Warsaw Uprising experiences. Those events served as the basis for the movie ''Umarłem, aby żyć'' ( so as to live, 1984).
Miedza-Tomaszewski graduated from the
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw when the war broke out. In the Polish resistance, he was one of the members of the
Bureau of Information and Propaganda
The Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the Headquarters of Związek Walki Zbrojnej, later of Armia Krajowa ( pl, Biuro Informacji i Propagandy (Komendy Głównej Związku Walki Zbrojnej - Armii Krajowej) - in short: ''BIP''), a conspiracy dep ...
. He designed posters and underground stamps. He was a brother of photographer
Jerzy Tomaszewski (also a member of Polish
Armia Krajowa
The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) esta ...
) who photographed the
Warsaw Uprising before being seriously wounded; and Andrzej Tomaszewski ''nom de guerre'' 'Andrzej', also an underground fighter. He was the oldest of six brothers.
Stanisław Miedza-Tomaszewski was the godfather of Polish president
Lech Kaczyński.
Honours
* Silver
Cross of Merit
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Cross of Valour
References
Bibliography
* Lubomir Mackiewicz, Anna Żołna (ed.), ''Kto jest kim w Polsce. Informator biograficzny'', Volume 3, Warsaw 1993, s. 745 (see: Tomaszewski-Miedza)
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1913 births
2000 deaths
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni
Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Home Army members
Lech Kaczyński
Recipients of the Silver Cross of Merit (Poland)
Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
Polish printmakers
Burials at Powązki Cemetery
Polish draughtsmen