Franciszek Duszeńko
Polish artist
Died when: 83 years 5 days (996 months)Star Sign: Aries
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Franciszek Duszeńko (6 April 1925 – 11 April 2008) was a Polish sculptor, professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and its Rector in the years 1981–87.
He was a former prisoner of Nazi concentration camps in World War II.During the occupation of Poland Duszeńko was the soldier of Armia Krajowa (the Home Army) in the service of Gródek Jagielloński Inspectorate of Communication in the Lwów district (now Lviv, Ukraine).
Arrested in Lwów, he became prisoner of two Nazi concentration camps including Gross-Rosen and Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg.He survived, and later devoted his artistic output to the remembrance of those who had perished.
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