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Augustyn Suski

Augustyn Suski

1907–1942

Nationality
Poland
Occupation
poet

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.

Incarceration history

  1. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown
  2. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown

Biography

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.

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