Janusz Zbigniew Zabłocki (18 February 1926 – 13 March 2014) was a Polish

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activist,

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, soldier of

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Life

He was born in

Grodzisk Mazowiecki Grodzisk Mazowiecki () is a town in central Poland, the capital of Grodzisk Mazowiecki County in the Masovian Voivodeship, with 34,718 inhabitants (2024). Grodzisk Mazowiecki is a town that developed from an Early Middle Ages, early medieval forti ...

. He studied law at the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...

, from 1945 to 1949, and political science from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of * PAX Association (1950–1955) * Club of Catholic Intelligentsia (1957–1976) * Polish Club of Catholic Intelligentsia (1976–1981; as a chairman 1977–1981) * Polish Catholic Social Union (since 1981; as a chairman 1981–1984) * Labor Party (1989) * Znak (1977–1981) * advisory council (Rada Konsultacyjna) of Przewodniczący Rady Państwa (1969–1989). He was a member of the

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(1965–1985), co-founder of Ośrodek Dokumentacji i Studiów Społecznych (1967), co-founder of Christian-Democratic Party 'Unity' (in 1990), co-founder and editor of '' Więź'', ''Chrześcijanin w Świecie'' and ''Ład''.

Works

* ''Prymas Stefan Wyszyński. Opór i zwycięstwo 1948–1956'' (2002; ).

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* 1926 births 2014 deaths Place of death missing People from Grodzisk Mazowiecki People from Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939) Polish Roman Catholics PAX Association members Members of the Polish Sejm 1965–1969 Members of the Polish Sejm 1969–1972 Members of the Polish Sejm 1972–1976 Members of the Polish Sejm 1976–1980 Members of the Polish Sejm 1980–1985 20th-century Polish lawyers Polish non-fiction writers Polish male non-fiction writers Polish publicists Home Army members Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1944–1989) {{Poland-bio-stub