Józef Klukowski (2 January 1894 – 29 April 1945) was a Polish

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Wieńczenie zawodnika" ("Sport Sculpture"). Four years later he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Piłkarze" ("Football"). He took part in the

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising (; ), sometimes referred to as the August Uprising (), or the Battle of Warsaw, was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from ...

in 1944 and was killed on a transport from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp while being moved to

Bergen-Belsen Bergen-Belsen (), or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in Northern Germany, northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen, Lower Saxony, Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, ...

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* 1894 births 1945 deaths Polish male sculptors Olympic gold medalists in art competitions Art competitors at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in art competitions 20th-century Polish sculptors Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Polish people who died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Warsaw Uprising insurgents Sachsenhausen concentration camp prisoners {{Poland-sculptor-stub