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Polish resistance fighter
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Male
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Birth:
23 April 1914(Kyiv, Ukraine)
Death:
18 December 1989
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Biography
Jerzy Rutkowski (23 April 1914, Kiev – 18 December 1989, Warsaw) was a Polish political activist and resistance soldier. During World War II, he joined Polish resistance (Armia Krajowa) and was the head of the underground press operation, the Tajne Wojskowe Zakłady Wydawnicze, throughout its operations, from 1940 to 1945. His son Michal Rutkowski is the Director for Human Development in the South Asia division of the World Bank.