1. Francis Romuald Spasowski was born in Warsaw, Poland on August 20,1921.
19 Facts About Romuald Spasowski
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The Romuald Spasowski family was active in the Polish resistance during World War II.
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Romuald Spasowski's father committed suicide in 1941 after being tortured by the Nazis.
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Romuald Spasowski hid in his mother's home in Milanowek for a time, where the family harbored several Jewish families.
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Romuald Spasowski served as an officer in the Polish Army division formed in the Soviet Union under General Zygmunt Berling.
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In time, Romuald Spasowski served on the Central Auditing Commission, which maintained and audited the party's finances.
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Romuald Spasowski was appointed a member of the Polish War Crimes Mission at the Nuremberg trials.
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Fluent in both English and Spanish, Romuald Spasowski served at the embassy in London from 1951 to 1953 and then two years as ambassador to Argentina.
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Romuald Spasowski was the youngest member of the ambassadorial corps at the time.
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Romuald Spasowski kept a low profile during the Cold War with the exception his annual appearances at observances marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943.
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In 1964, Romuald Spasowski represented Poland as a member of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam, which was established to mediate peace between Hanoi and Saigon during the Vietnam War.
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From 1967 till 1971 Romuald Spasowski served as Poland's ambassador to India.
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Romuald Spasowski returned to the United States for a second tour as ambassador in 1978.
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Romuald Spasowski's wife had been a practicing Catholic for many years.
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Romuald Spasowski toured the United States throughout the 1980s, denouncing the Communist regime in Poland and playing a leading role in the US Information Agency's anti-Communist television program, 'Let Poland Be Poland'.
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In 1985, Romuald Spasowski, who was of a Calvinist family, was baptized a Catholic by Philadelphia's Archbishop John Krol.
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In 1986, Romuald Spasowski published his autobiography, The Liberation of One, and eventually became an American citizen.
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Romuald Spasowski died at his home in Oakton, Virginia, on August 9,1995.
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Romuald Spasowski was survived by his wife, Wanda, and a daughter, Maria Grochulska, of Warsaw.