

Polnischer Auschwitzüberlebender und später langjähriger Leiter der KZ-Gedenkstätte Auschwitz
Chorzów
Kazimierz Smoleń (* 19. April 1920 in Chorzów Stary; † 27. January 2012 in Oświęcim) was a polnischer Auschwitzüberlebender und später langjähriger Leiter der KZ-Gedenkstätte Auschwitz. He was 91 years old. He studied at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. He received 10 awards, including Medal of the National Education Commission, Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland. His cause of death was disease. He was buried at Chorzów.