Marian Turski
Marian Turski (born June 26, 1926 as Mosze Turbowicz in Druskininkai ) is a Polish journalist of Jewish descent and chairman of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw .
Life
From 1942 he was imprisoned in the Litzmannstadt ghetto . In August 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz . In the spring of 1945 he came on a death march to Loslau, from where he went to the Buchenwald concentration camp , then to the Theresienstadt ghetto .
After the Second World War he settled in Warsaw . From 1945 he worked in the youth organization of the Polish Workers 'Party and later in the press department of the Polish United Workers' Party . From 1958 he was head of the historical editorial team of the news magazine " Polityka ". Despite his old age, he continues to work as a journalist.
He is currently chairman of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw , member of the main board of the Association of Jewish Combatants and Victims of World War II, member of the International Auschwitz Council and the Council of the House of the Wannsee Conference . Since March 26, 2009 he has been the chairman of the Council of the Warsaw Museum of the History of Polish Jews .
On January 27, 2015, he took part in a special session of the Bundestag on the day of remembrance of the victims of National Socialism (70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz).
On February 16, 2015 he was awarded the Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit in Gold.
Turski was friends with Władysław Bartoszewski and gave a speech at his funeral on May 4, 2015.
On his 90th birthday on June 26, 2016, Turski, who was still professionally active, received congratulations from Angela Merkel , Joachim Gauck , Barack Obama and Shimon Peres .
On January 27, 2020 he gave an important speech on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp : "The eleventh commandment is: Do not be indifferent ".
Awards
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order Polonia Restituta (1997)
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2007)
- Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2013)
- Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honor (2012)
- Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit in Gold (2015)
- The International Auschwitz Committee proposed Marian Turski Marian Turski for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
Works (selection)
- Byli wówczas dziećmi (They were still children) Warszawa: "Książka i Wiedza", 1980.
- Czarny rok ... czarne lata ... (Black Year ... Black Years ...), Warszawa: Stowarzyszenie Dzieci Holocaustu w Polsce, 1993 ISBN 83-8630126-0 .
- Mój najszczęśliwszy dzień (My happiest day), Oświęcim: Fundacja na Rzecz Międzynarodowego Domu Spotkań Młodzieży ; Warszawa: Biuro Regionalne Fundacji im. Heinricha Bölla , 2011. ISBN 978-83-929532-9-6 .
- Marian Turski, Rafał Wędrychowski: My happiest day : Fundacja na rzecz Międzynarodowego Domu Spotkań Młodzieży, Oświęcim 2011: ISBN 83-929532-9-0 , ISBN 978-83-929532-9-6 .
- Losy żydowskie: świadectwo żywych , (Jewish Fates - Testimony of the Living): Warszawa: Stowarzyszenie Żydów Kombatantów i Poszkodowanych w II Wojnie Światowej, 1996. ISBN 83-902971-5-9 .
Web links
- Jewish Historical Institute
- Marian Turski was awarded the Cross of Merit
- Shoah survivor
- portrait
- My happiest day
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ spiegel.de: Remembrance of Auschwitz: A difficult course
- ↑ Polityka
- ↑ Gazeta.pl January 27, 2020
- ^ Polish Initiative and the International Auschwitz Committee want the 93-year-old to be honored , Jüdische Allgemeine , February 3, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turski, Marian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Turbowicz, Mosze |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Druskininkai |