Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt | |
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 Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt in the 1960s, at his desk at Radio Free Europe. | |
| Born | 17 October 1916 |
| Died | 10 April 2001 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Other names | Marek Celt |
| Alma mater | Jan Kazimierz University |
| Occupation(s) | Underground soldier, journalist, non-fiction writer |
| Known for | "Silent-unseen" special forces |
Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt ⓘ (17 October 1916 – 10 April 2001) was a World War II Polish Silent Unseen, and later a journalist and author.
His two parachute missions into German-occupied Poland and his courage were honored with the order of Virtuti Militari.
After the war he was persecuted by Polish Stalinists, and in 1948 he left Poland. Chciuk-Celt worked for four decades at Radio Free Europe. He also wrote several books, beginning in 1945 with By Parachute to Warsaw under the pen name Marek Celt.[1]
After the collapse of the Soviet Union he was declared a national hero of Poland, and on 28 May 2001 he was interred in Warsaw. Seven years later, on 5 September 2008, he was posthumously awarded one of Poland's highest honors, the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
- ^ Andrzej Pomian, Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt (1916-2001). Wspomnienie. Nowy Dziennik weekly, "Przeglad polski" supplement online, 18 May 2001.