Stanisław Grzesiuk
Stanisław Grzesiuk (born May 6, 1918 in Małków (Łęczna near Chełm district ), † January 21, 1963 in Warsaw ) was a Polish writer, folk singer, former concentration camp prisoner, and an electrical mechanic by profession.
His father was a locksmith, a worker in a steam locomotive factory. In 1920 his parents moved to Warsaw. Grzesiuk spent his youth in the Czerniaków district , Warsaw's proletarian district.
At the beginning of the Second World War , Grzesiuk took part in the resistance actions. He was deported to Koblenz as a forced laborer , while trying to escape he was arrested on April 4, 1940 and came to Dachau . He came to Mauthausen on August 16, 1940 and languished in Gusen I concentration camp from 1941 , where he survived until the liberation by the Americans on May 5, 1945. In prison he fell ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and wrote numerous lyrics in Gusen I concentration camp. So z. B. also for the so-called "Gusener camp march".
On July 9, 1945 he came home to Poland. He married in 1946 and became the father of Ewa (1947–2003) and Marek (1950–2007).
Grzesiuk was a staunch atheist and socialist. He was elected to the Warsaw City Council.
He wrote three autobiographical books: Pięć lat kacetu (Five years of concentration camp), Boso, ale w ostrogach (barefoot, but in spurs) and Na marginesie życia (At the edge of life).
He often appeared on television and at concerts as a folk singer with Warsaw folklore, with banjo or mandolin accompaniment. He was the last singer of the real Warsaw dialect .
Works
- Five years of the KZ , new academic press, Vienna, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-7003-2167-5 .
literature
- Encyklopedia Warszawy , praca zbiorowa pod kierunkiem Barbary Petrozolin-Skowrońskiej, Wydawnictwa Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1994, ISBN 83-01-08836-2 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grzesiuk, Stanislaw |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish writer and folk singer, concentration camp prisoner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Małków ( Łęczna near Chełm district ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1963 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |