Kazimierz Smoleń Contents Biography Bibliography References External links Navigation menuKazmierz Smoleń the former prisoner of Auschwitz-Birkenau number 1327, and long time director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum passed away on 27 January 2012Washington Post: "Kazimierz Smoleń, Auschwitz survivor, dies on anniversary of camp's liberation"Zmarł Kazimierz SmoleńMixStory: Zeitzeugenbericht von Kasimierz SmolenJewish Virtual Library: Ebensee (Austria). Mark Vadasz, 2012.Daily Mail report on Smoleń's death in Oświęcim, 27 January 2012Jewish Guide: Kazmierz Smoleń, prisoner 1327Polska Times: Zmarł Kazimierz SmoleńDaily Mail Smoleń's death in OświęcimNew York Times January 28, 2012US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Kazimierz Smolen archive (statement on Operation Zeppelin)9900015811351686010000 0001 1632 1034n81068609jx20050916003w69d0qh51603196174471703344717033

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Kazimierz Smoleń, or Kazimierz Smolen (19 April 1920 – 27 January 2012),[1] was a Polish political prisoner of the Nazi World War II KZ Auschwitz (Auschwitz concentration camp), and later a long-term director of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.[2]




Contents





  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Bibliography


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Biography


Smoleń was a law student when he was arrested by the Gestapo on 15 April 1940 for his activity in the Polish conspiracy in Chorzow and an attempt to join the Polish army abroad. On 6 July 1940 he was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp with one of the first transports of Polish political prisoners to arrive from prison in Sosnowiec.[3]


Smoleń was given the KZ Auschwitz number 1327, and at first was given work in the construction workgang; then he worked as a writer in the camp's administration office.[3] Altogether Smoleń was an Auschwitz prisoner for almost five years.[2] On 18 January 1945 Smoleń was deported in one of Auschwitz death marches to Ebensee concentration camp, a subcamp of Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.[3] Smoleń was liberated in Ebensee concentration camp on 6 May 1945.[4][5]


Smoleń came back to Poland after the war and studied law at the Catholic University of Lublin.[3] He was one of the creators of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, established in 1947. From 1955 till 1990 he served as the director of the Museum.[3]


After the war he worked on the Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Poland and participated as a witness and expert in trials of SS staff of Nazi concentration camps. After retirement, he was still devoted to education about Auschwitz, and worked witnessing about the camp's history to younger generations until his very last days.[3] Smoleń died on 27 January 2012, aged 91, the day of the 67th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.[6][7]



Bibliography


  • Kazimierz Smoleń. Auschwitz, 1940-1945. Route Sixty Six Publishing, 1995.

  • K. Smoleń, translated by Stephen Lee. Auschwitz-Birkenau, State Museum in Oswiecim, Guide Book. Panstwowe Museum, 2007.

  • K. Smoleń. Selected Problems from the History of KL Auschwitz. Panstwowe Museum, 1979.


References




  1. ^ Kazmierz Smoleń the former prisoner of Auschwitz-Birkenau number 1327, and long time director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum passed away on 27 January 2012


  2. ^ ab Washington Post: "Kazimierz Smoleń, Auschwitz survivor, dies on anniversary of camp's liberation", 29 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.


  3. ^ abcdef Zmarł Kazimierz Smoleń


  4. ^ MixStory: Zeitzeugenbericht von Kasimierz Smolen (in German)


  5. ^ Jewish Virtual Library: Ebensee (Austria). Mark Vadasz, 2012.


  6. ^ Daily Mail report on Smoleń's death in Oświęcim, 27 January 2012


  7. ^ Obituary on BBC Radio 4's Last Word http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bmq2z#p00p89ss




External links


  • Jewish Guide: Kazmierz Smoleń, prisoner 1327

  • Polska Times: Zmarł Kazimierz Smoleń


  • Wikipedia.de (in German)


  • Daily Mail Smoleń's death in Oświęcim

  • New York Times January 28, 2012

  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Kazimierz Smolen archive (statement on Operation Zeppelin)








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