Władysław Bartoszewski was a Polish professor of History, politician, social activist, journalist, writer, historian and insurgent. A former Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, he was a World War II resistance fighter as part of the Polish underground and participated in the Warsaw Uprising. After the war he was persecuted and imprisoned by the ruling Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) of the Polish People's Republic regime due to his membership in the Home Army and opposition activity.
- Occupation
- journalist, politician, diplomat, historian
- Position held
- Member of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, ambassador of Poland to Austria, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
- Citizenship
- Poland
