Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt

Polish journalist

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1916

Place of Birth: Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 10-Apr-2001

Profession: military officer, journalist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt Listen (17 October 1916 – 10 April 2001) was a Polish "Silent-unseen" special forces fighter during World War II, later journalist, and published author.
He did two parachute missions into German occupied Poland and for his bravery was honored with the Order of Virtuti Militari.
After the war he was persecuted by the Stalinists and left Poland in 1948.
Chciuk-Celt worked for four decades for Radio Free Europe.
He also wrote several books beginning with By Parachute to Warsaw under the literary double Marek Celt in 1945.He was declared a National Hero of Poland after the collapse of the Soviet empire and buried in Warsaw on 28 May 2001.
Seven years later Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt was posthumously awarded one of the highest Polish honours, the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta on 5 September 2008.