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Karolina Kaczorowska – The First Lady in Exile

24/08/2022

Portrait of an elegant lady

Karolina Kaczorowska in the Polish Senate. Ceremony marking the end of Władysław Anders Year, 27.02.2008. Phot. Katarzyna Czerwińska, Chancellery of Senate of the Republic of Poland. Source: Wikimedia Commons, licence: CC BY-SA 3.0

Karolina Kaczorowska once said: “You should never lose your identity, because a man must know his roots; he must admit to who he is and try to be, no matter where he is, (…) a Pole – not be ashamed of that… He must never forget who he is, not be ashamed of that, and admit that he is a Pole. And they will respect him more…”. She brought this message from her family home, and her experiences during the time of war confirmed its obviousness.

Read the longer biography in Polish here: https://swiatsybiru.pl/pl/karolina-kaczorowska/

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