Andrzej Miłosz

Andrzej Miłosz (19 September 1917, Vilnius – 21 September 2002, Warsaw) was a Polish journalist, translator of literature and film subtitles, and documentary-film maker. During World War II he was a member of the anti-Nazi resistance, soldier of the Home Army (AK) and ZWZ. He organized the first courier routes in Wilno.

Andrzej Miłosz
Andrzej Miłosz, and his brother Czesław Miłosz
Born(1917-09-19)September 19, 1917
DiedSeptember 21, 2002(2002-09-21) (aged 85)
NationalityPolish
Occupation(s)journalist, translator of literature and film subtitles, documentary-film maker
Spouses
  • Hanna Goliszewska,
  • Grażyna Strumiłło-Miłosz
ChildrenJoanna Milosz-Piekarska
RelativesCzesław Miłosz
HonoursRighteous Among the Nations

He was the brother of Nobel-winning poet and writer, Czesław Miłosz.

Books

  • Uśmiech Bez Parandży, 1973 [with Grażyna Miłosz]
  • Kaukaz, 1979 [with Grażyna Miłosz]
  • Kaukaz i Zakaukazie. Mały przewodnik turystyczny, 1981 [with Grażyna Miłosz]

Films

  • 2000 - Wilno Milosza ;
  • 2000 - Przysnil Mi Sie Sen Powrotu ;
  • 1999 - Henio (a film about Henryk Blaszczyk, whose disappearance sparked the Kielce pogrom) ;
  • 1999 - Pogrom - Kielce 1946 ;
  • 1998 - Takie Ze Mnie Dziwadlo ;
  • 1997 - Wizy Zycia ( Consul Sugihara and visas for life ) ;
  • 1994 - Krwia i Rymem ( By Blood and Verse ) ;
  • 1965 - Ludzie z Nordu ;
  • 1960 - Na Gruzach Dawnych Kultur ;
  • 1958 - Miedzy Morzem Srodziemnym a Czerwnonym (Notatnik Izraelski)

He has been honored by Israel's Yad Vashem memorial to the Holocaust as one of the Righteous among the Nations.[1]

He is survived by his daughter Joanna Milosz (also known as Joanna Milosz-Piekarska)

References

  1. Andrzej Miłosz – his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website

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