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This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen Author Biography

Borowski was born in 1922 to a poor Polish family in what was then part of the Soviet Ukraine. In 1926, Borowski's father, accused of political dissidence, was sent to a labor camp, and when Borowski was eight years old, his mother was sent to Siberia. An aunt then took over the boy's care. In 1932, Borowski's father was freed in a prisoner exchange program between Poland and the Soviet Union, and the two were reunited. Two years later, Borowski's mother rejoined the family in Warsaw.

The young Borowski was educated at a Franciscan boarding school. Borowski was 17 when Poland fell under German occupation at the start of World War II. Schools were closed down, so Borowski studied in underground classes and managed to graduate from secondary school. He then attended the underground Warsaw University, majoring in Polish language and literature. Already a budding writer, Borowski also worked...
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