What is Karol Modzelewski?
[[File:Karol Modzelewski3 cropped.jpg|thumb|200px|Modzelewski in July 2007]] '''Karol Cyryl Modzelewski''' (23 November 1937 – 28 April 2019) was a [[Poles|Polish]] writer, [[historian]] and politician. He was also a [[professor]] at the [[University of Wrocław]] and the [[University of Warsaw]]. He was jailed for taking part in the [[1968 Polish political crisis]]. He served as a member of the [[Senate of Poland|Senate]] from 1989 to 1991. In 2016, he was awarded the [[Legion of Honour]]. He was born in [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]. His [[Adoption|adoptive]] father was the [[communist]] politician [[Zygmunt Modzelewski]] (1900–1953). Modzelewski died in [[Warsaw]] on 28 April 2019. He was 81.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvn24.pl/wiadomosci-z-kraju,3/karol-modzelewski-nie-zyje-profesor-historyk-senator-opozycjonista,931301.html|title=Nie żyje profesor Karol Modzelewski|lang=pl|publisher=TVN24|date=28 April 2019|access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Modzelewski, Karol}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Adoptees]] [[Category:Legion of Honour]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Wrocław]] [[Category:Polish historians]] [[Category:Polish politicians]] {{Bio-stub}}