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Zofia Posmysz
Polish journalist and writer (1923–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zofia Posmysz-Piasecka[1] (née Posmysz; 23 August 1923 – 8 August 2022) was a Polish journalist, novelist, and author. She was a resistance fighter in World War II and survived imprisonment at the Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust in occupied Poland, Passenger from Cabin 45, became the basis for her 1962 novel Passenger, subsequently translated into 15 languages.[2] The original radio drama was adapted for an award-winning feature film, while the novel was adapted into an opera of the same name with music by Mieczysław Weinberg.[3]
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![]() Zofia Posmysz as inmate No 7566 at the Auschwitz concentration camp, 1942. Credited to Wilhelm Brasse | |
Born | (1923-08-23)23 August 1923 |
Died | 8 August 2022(2022-08-08) (aged 98) Oświęcim, Poland |
Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
Employer | Polskie Radio |
Known for | Passenger |
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