Jan Dobraczyński
Jan Dobraczyński | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth | |
| In office 1982–1988 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1910 Varnkewitz |
| Died | 5 March 1994 (aged 83) Warsaw |
| Resting place | Powązki Cemetery |
| Political party | PAX Association |
| Awards | Virtuti Militari |
Jan Dobraczyński (born 20 April 1910 – 5 March 1994, Warsaw) was a Polish writer, novelist, politician and Catholic publicist. In the Second Polish Republic between the two world wars, he was a supporter of the National Party and Catholic movements. During the 1939 Nazi–Soviet invasion of Poland, he was a soldier of the Polish Army and member of Armia Krajowa until the end of World War II. Dobraczyński participated in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. After the war he supported the Polish communists. He was a member of parliament Sejms, as activist of the PAX Association and of the Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth from 1982 to 1985. He held the rank of general in the Polish military.