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August Marian Kowalczyk (15 August 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a Polish actor, theatre, television and film director who was the last survivor of a breakout of prisoners from Auschwitz Concentration Camp on 10 June 1942.
August Marian Kowalczyk (ur. 15 sierpnia 1921 w Tarnawej Górze, zm. 29 lipca 2012 w Oświęcimiu) – polski aktor teatralny, filmowy i telewizyjny, reżyser . Życiorys. Urodził się w rodzinie Stanisława, inspektora oświaty, później wieloletniego dyrektora Biblioteki Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie, i Czesławy Stangret.
Jul 31, 2016 · August Kowalczyk, the last surviving member of a group of Polish inmates who escaped the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942, has died, according to the AP. He was 90 years old. In June of 1942 Kowalczyk and 50 fellow prisoners, working in a field, attempted their escape.
Jul 31, 2012 · Spokesman Pawel Sawicki said Monday that August Kowalczyk died Sunday at a hospice he helped found in the town of Oswiecim in southern Poland where the former camp is located. He was 90 years old.
Kowalczyk was one of the few survivors of a daring escape from Auschwitz in 1942. He became a stage and screen actor in Poland and a witness to the Holocaust.
Sep 5, 2018 · After 1981, August Kowalczyk devoted his life to educating the youth about Auschwitz-Birkenau. He contributed to the International Centre of Education on Auschwitz and the Holocaust of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum and hosted the ceremonies commemorating anniversaries of the camp liberation.
Oct 6, 2012 · August Kowalczyk, who in the camp was tattooed with the number 6804, for more than 30 years has been giving testimony about his escape and about the courageous people, who helped him in the days following the escape and saved his life.
