Andrzej Miłosz (19 September 1917,

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– 21 September 2002,

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) was a Polish journalist, translator of literature and film subtitles, and documentary-film maker. During

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he was a member of the anti-Nazi resistance, soldier of the

Home Army 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) est ...

(AK) and ZWZ. He organized the first courier routes in Wilno. He was the brother of Nobel-winning poet and writer,

Czesław Miłosz Czesław Miłosz (, also , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, ...

Books

*''Uśmiech Bez Parandży'', 1973 ith Grażyna Miłosz*''Kaukaz'', 1979 ith Grażyna Miłosz*''Kaukaz i Zakaukazie. Mały przewodnik turystyczny'', 1981 ith Grażyna Miłosz

Films

*2000 - Wilno Milosza ; *2000 - Przysnil Mi Sie Sen Powrotu ; *1999 - Henio (a film about Henryk Blaszczyk, whose disappearance sparked the

Kielce pogrom The Kielce pogrom was an outbreak of violence toward the Jewish community centre's gathering of refugees in the city of Kielce, Poland on 4 July 1946 by Polish soldiers, police officers, and civilians Yad Vashem Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...

memorial to the Holocaust as one of the

Righteous among the Nations Righteous Among the Nations ( he, חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ; "righteous (plural) of the world's nations") is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to sa ...

.Andrzej Miłosz
– his activity to save Jews' lives during the

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, at

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website He is survived by his daughter Joanna Milosz (also known as Joanna Milosz-Piekarska)

References

1917 births 2002 deaths Home Army members Polish translators Polish film producers Polish people of Lithuanian descent Polish Righteous Among the Nations 20th-century translators 20th-century Polish journalists People associated with the magazine "Kultura" {{Poland-bio-stub