The event marked the 30th anniversary of Fogg’s death. He was among the most popular Polish 20th-century singers.
Fogg started his career well before World War II and performed almost until his death. He gave more than 16,000 concerts in both Poland and many other European countries as well as in the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil and Israel.
Mieczysław Fogg, pictured in 1974. Photo: PAP/Zbigniew Wdowiński
During World War II, Fogg joined Poland’s underground Home Army and sang in the few cafes that were available to Poles under German occupation. During the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, he gave concerts on the barricades and in hospitals to boost the morale of the insurgents and the city’s residents.
After the war he opened his own cafe, the first such venture in the destroyed city. The venue was soon closed down by the communists, and the same happened with his private record company.
Fogg’s numerous distinctions included the Righteous Among the Nations medal for offering shelter to a Jewish family during the war.
Fogg died on September 3, 1990, aged 89. He is buried at Warsaw’s Bródno cemetery on the right bank of the Vistula River, which bisects the Polish capital.
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