Halina Bortnowska died at the age of 93. An crucial figure in the enemy camp. erstwhile in the 1990s she powerfully attacked national-democratic environments from the position of UD-ecks. She was peculiarly fiercely attacking “The Homeland” and Col. Bogusław Jeznach.
From 1961 until 1983, she was the editor and secretary of the monthly magazine Znak. In the 1970s, she was closely related to the Workers' Defence Committee environments, and was besides an advisor to the Hutnik Workers' Commission in Nowa Huta. She participated in the First gathering of the Polish Solidarity Association. In 1986, she became a associate of the Helsinki Committee in Poland.
She was active in Polish-German reconciliation efforts. At the time, she powerfully criticized the origin as a retroactive force and did not realize the request for integration into the EEC and the EU. At the same time she was associated with the planet Council of Churches. She was a associate of the Court of State.
After 1989, she co-founded the Civic Movement Democratic Action. Faithful to another mutation of this formation she remained for the remainder of her life. Related to many NGOs.
Co-founder of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, 2007–2012 president of the Foundation Council. She besides worked at the Probruxel Foundation “Poland in Europe”. She co-founded the celebrated Association Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia “Open Republic” (where she acted together with daughter Jakub Berman Lucyna Tych or Władysław Bartoszewski) She published on the sign. ‘Common Week’ and ‘Election Newspaper’
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