Augustyn Suski
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Augustyn Suski (8 November 1907 – 26 May 1942) was a Polish Goral poet, pedagogue in the interwar period, and underground activist during World War II. Under the German occupation, Suski (nom-de-guerre Stefan Borusa) became a founder of the Polish resistance organization called Tatra Confederation (Polish: Konfederacja Tatrzańska), a.k.a. Confederation of the Tatra Mountains, operating in the Nowy Targ area of Podhale. He was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp.[1]
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Augustyn Suski | |
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Born | (1907-11-08)8 November 1907 Szaflary, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 26 May 1942(1942-05-26) (aged 34) Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland |
Nationality | Polish |
Notable works | Poezja Młodego Podhala (1937) |
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