Franciszek Duszeńko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franciszek Duszeńko

Polish artist

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1925

Place of Birth: Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 11-Apr-2008

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Franciszek Duszenko (6 April 1925 – 11 April 2008) was a Polish sculptor, professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk and its Rector in the years 1981–87.
He was a former prisoner of Nazi concentration camps in World War II.During the occupation of Poland Duszenko was the soldier of Armia Krajowa (the Home Army) in the service of Gródek Jagiellonski Inspectorate of Communication in the Lwów district (now Lviv, Ukraine).
Arrested in Lwów, he became prisoner of two Nazi concentration camps including Gross-Rosen and Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg.
He survived, and later devoted his artistic output to the remembrance of those who had perished.