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Alfred Świerkosz

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Alfred Świerkosz
Born(1900-01-24)January 24, 1900
DiedMarch 23, 1968(1968-03-23) (aged 68)
Occupation(s)journalist, photographer

Alfred Juliusz Świerkosz (24 January 1900 – 23 March 1968[1]) was a Polish journalist, photographer and an author of first monographs in Polish about cities of Pomerelia.

Life

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He was born in Lviv as a son of Tomasz (1863–1933) and Marie (1864–1920).[2] From 1921 to 1927 he worked as a teacher in Puck. In 1929 he finished journalistic study in Kraków. During World War II he was fighting in the battle of Hel.[3]

After the end of World War II he moved to Gdańsk where he was working in Polskie Radio and was writing articles for Głos Wybrzeża.[1]

He had a wife called Maria. The couple had five children.[2]

He died on 23 March 1968 at the age of 68. He's buried at Cmentarz Oliwski in Gdańsk.[4]

Publications

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  • Z Wybrzeża Polskiego. Puck. Zarys Monograficzny Z Ilustracjami (1930)
  • Puck: najstarszy gród nad Zatoką Pucką (1934)
  • Z Wybrzeża Polskiego: Brzegiem Międzymorza: Wielka Wieś, Chałupy, Kuźnica, Jastarnia, Bór, Jurata : zarys monograficzny osad Półwyspu Helskiego (1937)

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Awards

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  • Silver Cross of Merit
  • Odznaka honorowa "Za zasługi dla miasta Gdańska"
  • Odznaka honorowa "Zasłużony Pracownik Morza"

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References

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  1. ^ a b "WBPG - Rocznice" (PDF). wbpg.org.
  2. ^ a b "Alfred Świerkosz". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  3. ^ a b "PTTK - wspomnienia" (PDF). ziemia.pttk.pl.
  4. ^ "Alfred Juliusz Świerkosz 1900 - 1968 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  5. ^ "inauthor:"Alfred Świerkosz" - Szukaj w Google". www.google.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-10-30.