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Article: A memorial tribute to Dr. Andrzej Werner, founder-president of the Jean de Bloch Society (Warsaw).(In memoriam)
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- International Journal on World Peace
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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It is with great sadness and a deep sense of loss that we learnt of the death of Dr. Andrzej Werner on 29th October 2007 in Warsaw in a road accident. He was not only a contributor to this Journal but, for several years, from 1985 until effectively the end of the Cold War, also the only member of its editorial board who resided in a country belonging to the communist bloc. That such a thing was possible at all is, on his part, testimony to his independence, courage, and fearlessness
Born in Warsaw in 1933, Dr. Werner was an expert on, and strong supporter of, the European unification movement who taught political science at the University of Warsaw before joining ...