Michał Zygmunt Tyszkiewicz, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Michał Zygmunt Tyszkiewicz

Polish diplomat and songwriter

Date of Birth: 25-May-1903

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1974

Profession: diplomat, songwriter

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Michał Zygmunt Tyszkiewicz

  • Michal Tyszkiewicz (25 May 1903 – 21 March 1974) was a Polish diplomat and songwriter.
  • An heir to the once mighty Tyszkiewicz family, he is best known as the husband of Hanka Ordonówna, a star of Polish pre-war cinema and stages.
  • Following the Soviet occupation of Vilnius, Tyszkiewicz and Ordonówna were both arrested by the NKVD.
  • Separated, they were reunited in Persia following their release after the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement.
  • As part of the Anders' Army the couple organised evacuation of Polish children from USSR concentration camps to India.
  • Tyszkiewicz also briefly served as the first secretary of the Polish Embassy in Tehran.
  • After the war he could not return to Soviet-controlled Poland.
  • The couple adopted Jan Tyszkiewicz, son of Michal Tyszkiewicz's brother, who had been murdered by the NKVD in 1940.
  • Michal Tyszkiewicz died 21 March 1974 in Munich.

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