LIPIEN: Remembering a Polish-American patriot

Three years ago, on September  1, 2010, The Washington Times published my article about Zofia Korbońska, an anti-Nazi and anti-Communist resister and a Voice of America Polish Service journalist who had passed away on August 16, 2010.

LIPIEN: Remembering a Polish-American patriot

Zofia Korbońska was underground resister, VOA journalist

To those who knew her personally, Zofia Korbońska was a loyal and generous friend. But Mrs. Korbonska, who passed away last week [August 16, 2010] in Washington at the age of 95, was also a heroic figure of the anti-Nazi and anti-Communist resistance movement in Poland between 1939 and 1947. In later years, driven from her native country by the socialist regime, she worked tirelessly in the United States as a Voice of America (VOA) journalist to bring uncensored news to her native country. Read more