He worked as an assistant in Institute of History and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Sciences. The young Jerzy even served as an altar boy in a local church.Īfter World War II, Kosiński remained with his parents in Poland, moved to Jelenia Góra, and earned degrees in history and political science at the University of Łódź. They were sheltered temporarily by a Catholic family in Rzeczyca Okrągła. The family lived openly in Dąbrowa Rzeczycka near Stalowa Wola, and attended church in nearby Wola Rzeczycka, obtaining support from villagers in Kępa Rzeczycka. Kosiński's father received help not only from Polish town leaders and churchmen, but also from individuals such as Marianna Pasiowa, a member of the Polish underground network helping Jews to evade capture. The Kosiński family survived the Holocaust thanks to local villagers, who offered assistance to Jewish Poles often at great personal risk (the penalty for assisting Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland was death). A Roman Catholic priest issued him a forged baptismal certificate. As a child during World War II, he lived in central Poland under a false identity his father gave him to use, Jerzy Kosiński. Kosiński was born Josef Lewinkopf to Jewish parents in Łódź, Poland.
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