Key Facts • Award-winning Polish writer and publicist (1890-1968) from the renowned Kossak artistic family • Co-organizer of Żegota – the Council to Aid Jews during Nazi occupation • Righteous Among the Nations – recognized by Yad Vashem (posthumously, 1982) for extraordinary efforts in saving Jewish lives • Auschwitz survivor

Key Facts • Born in Kraków in 1894 as the daughter of renowned painter Wojciech Kossak • Sister of celebrated poetess Maria Jasnorzewska-Pawlikowska• Used the provocative pseudonym "Samozwaniec" (meaning "usurper") to challenge literary conventions • Pioneering satirist who masterfully blended social commentary with humor across novels, comedies, and children's literature

Key Facts • Born in Kraków in 1891, daughter of renowned painter Wojciech Kossak • Multi-talented artist – poet, playwright, and painter specializing in floral subjects • Pioneer of Polish women's poetry and key figure in the interwar literary movement • Published her breakthrough collection "Blue Almonds" in 1922, revolutionizing

Key Facts • Born in 1896 in Lviv, member of the renowned Kossak artistic dynasty • Grandson of Juliusz Kossak and nephew of Wojciech Kossak, famous Polish painters • Specialized in landscapes, horses, and rural architecture paintings with distinctive brushwork and atmospheric depth • World War I veteran who served

Key Facts • Born in 1856 in Paris to renowned painter Juliusz Kossak • Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (1871-1873) and later in Munich and Paris • Court painter to German Emperor Wilhelm II in Berlin • President of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts

Key Facts Born: 1824 in Nowy Wiśnicz near Bochnia, died 1899 in Krakow Profession: Painter, illustrator, and draftsman specializing in equestrian and military scenes Family: Brother of renowned painter Leon Kossak Education: Initially studied law (1842) while simultaneously learning drawing Political involvement: Participated in the Spring of Nations (1848) Krakow

Key Facts Master woodcut artist and printmaker born in Tarnów to a printer's family Studied at Krakow's Academy of Fine Arts from 1937, interrupted by WWII, completed 1945-1948 WWII veteran and Holocaust survivor who participated in the September Campaign and survived Płaszów concentration camp Created over 500 woodcuts in the

Key Facts • Born in Kamieniec Podolski in 1871, died in Kraków in 1954 • Graduated in chemistry from Technical University in Lwów (1889-1893) • Director of the National Pottery Workshop from 1895 • Founded "Przegląd ceramiczny" (Ceramic Review) magazine in 1901 • Served as President of Kraków from 1926

Is located at Piłsudskiego 12 street in Krakow. Hubert Antoni Krasiński, owner of the Regimentarzówka in Ukraine, doctor and social worker. In 1883 he moved from Warsaw to Kraków, and here he built an elegant mansion there in 1884, designed by Antoni Siedek. After Krasiński’s death, the palace was purchased

Key Facts Polish statesman and jurist who lived from 1857 to 1938 Professor of Roman law at Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv (now Ivan Franko National University of Lviv) Governor of Galicia from 1898 to 1903 during the Austrian partition period Member of the Austrian Council of State and House