Tadeusz Faliszewski

Tadeusz Faliszewski (born 1898 in Żywiec, died 1961 in Chicago) (also known under his scenic names: Jerzy Nowogródzki, Jerzy Orowski, Jan Pobóg, Jan Saskowski), was a Polish singer, cabaret actor, director of revues and operettas.

He was verified in the rank of lieutenant with seniority on June 1, 1919 in the corps of reserve officers of the administration, economic department.

In the spring of 1937 he took part in the  Evenings of Humor and Song in the Municipal Theatre in Bydgoszcz and in Gdańsk at  the Danziger Hotel .

He collaborated with stages in Poznań, Kalisz, Przemyśl, Radom, Częstochowa, Łódź, Vilnius and Kraków.

He appeared in operettas and musical comedies such as Princess Csardas , Dolly , Virtuous Susanna , The Fiancée Was Lost , Baron Kimmel and  Miss Water .

In the Polish Radio competition organized in 1937 to select the most popular singer, he took third place, after Mieczysław Fogg and Stefan Witas.

In 1937 he appeared in Konrad Tom's film Parada Warszawy , a year later, in Królowa przedmieścia, directed by Eugeniusz Bodo.

He also recorded for the "Odeon" label and very often for "Lonora Electro" (under his own name and under the pseudonym Jerzy Orowski).

In March 1940, he was arrested and then imprisoned in the Gusen camp , where he sang in the choir and led an artistic group, organizing a stage theater.

After liberation, he spent some time in Austria in a DP camp; then he was transferred to the 2nd Army Corps of General Władysław Anders.