Witold Bieńkowski, code-name ''Wencki'' (1906–1965), was a Polish politician, publicist and leader of the Catholic underground organization called Front for a Reborn Poland (Front Odrodzenia Polski, F.O.P.) during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, as well as member of the Provisional Committee to Aid Jews,

Żegota Żegota (, full codename: the "Konrad Żegota Committee"Yad Vashem Shoa Resource CenterZegota/ref>) was the Polish Council to Aid Jews with the Government Delegation for Poland ( pl, Rada Pomocy Żydom przy Delegaturze Rządu RP na Kraj), an un ...

, and a permanent representative of the Delegation for Poland of the

Polish Government-in-Exile The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile ( pl, Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie), was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Pola ...

. Bieńkowski was a Deputy to the Polish parliament (

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

) from 1947 to 1952. He served as editor-in-chief of the Catholic weekly '' Dziś i Jutro'' (Polish: Today and Tomorrow) between 1945 and 1947.

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* Ryszard Bosakowski ''Ostatnie słowo — powojenne listy Witolda Bieńkowskiego do jego dawnych współpracowników z Rady Pomocy Żydom „Żegota”'' Karta nr 52 * Janusz Marszalec
"Morderstwo na Makowieckich i Widerszalu. Stara sprawa, nowe pytania, nowe wątpliwości."
Zagłada Żydów r. II (2006), vol. 2. ''"Witold Bieńkowski i Władysław Jamontt byli to zasłużeni i dzielni konspiratorzy, a jednocześnie ludzie o dużych ambicjach politycznych."'' 1906 births 1965 deaths Members of the Polish Sejm 1947–1952 Żegota members {{Poland-bio-stub