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doctor klukowski in his office 1959 silver -rrb- , gold cross of merit -lrb- 1937 , 1948 laurel -rrb- , order of polonia restituta -lrb- 1958 -rrb- of the polska akademia literatury -lrb- 1937 200 polish 1885 '' journal from the years of occupation '' zdjecie 0001.jpg zygmunt klukowski
 zygmunt klukowski medical doctor
zygmunt klukowski

zygmunt klukowski -lrb- 23 january 1885 - 1959 -rrb- was a polish physician , historian and bibliophile .
born in 1885 in odessa , he spent much of his life in szczebrzeszyn .
during world war ii , he served in occupied poland as officer of the underground resistance organizations , including związek walki zbrojnej , and armia krajowa .
in the interwar poland klukowski was the editor-in-chief of two magazines , `` teka zamojska '' and `` kwartalnik regionalny '' in zamość .
following world war ii , he wrote two nominal works about his experiences , the `` journal from the years of occupation of zamojszczyzna , 1939-44 '' -lrb- -rrb- , a detailed account of his experiences as medical doctor in the general government territory of occupied poland during world war ii , as well as the `` red shadow : a physician 's memoir of the soviet occupation of eastern poland , 1944-1956 . ''
these accounts were not published in english until 1993 and 1997 respectively .
only recently klukowski has gained international recognition as an important primary witness and chronicler of the world war two period in polish historiography .
his descriptions of life under the nazis are cited extensively by richard j. evans in `` the third reich at war '' , among other historians .
