1. Jerzy Borejsza studied engineering, then Hispanic culture at the Sorbonne, and remained deeply involved with the politics and activism of anarchism.
10 Facts About Jerzy Borejsza
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Jerzy Borejsza served with the rank of major in the Red Army, and then in the Polish First Army.
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Jerzy Borejsza organized and edited the chief organ of the PKWN, which was the daily newspaper "Rzeczpospolita".
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Jerzy Borejsza joined the new pro-Soviet Polish communist party, the Polish Workers' Party, and became a deputy to the State National Council.
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Jerzy Borejsza organized much of communist propaganda in post-war Poland and was a leading figure in the implementation of state control and censorship in the area of culture.
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Jerzy Borejsza created the giant publishing house Czytelnik.
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Jerzy Borejsza favored a moderate approach to culture control, which he called a "gentle revolution".
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Jerzy Borejsza supported establishing cultural relations with the West, and himself traveled to United States and the United Kingdom.
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Jerzy Borejsza fell out of favor with the Stalinist hardliners who saw him as too independent, too hard to influence, and not radical enough.
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Jerzy Borejsza was buried at the Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw.