Marian Rzędowski (1906, Kalisz - 1983, Warsaw) was a highly regarded designer: educated before the war at the Warsaw Polytechnic, practiced in Cherbourg and after the war he was one of the first employees of the Capital City Reconstruction Bureau, then he worked in the Social Construction Company (he designed, among other things, the reinforced concrete structure of the Party House and served as the building's construction plenipotentiary in the years 1948-1952). During the war, he initially resided in the Warsaw ghetto (where he also worked professionally as a constructor, as evidenced by photographs from the museum's collection); having escaped from the ghetto, he was active in the 'Żegota' organization (in the 'Felicja' cell).
In 1968, he was dismissed from his job – a typical experience of Polish Jews of the period, especially those holding prominent positions. In April 1968, under the pretext of being accused of involvement in the pre-war Zionist movement or of alleged mismanagement, Rzędowski was also dismissed from the party and from his position as director of the Association of the Industrial Building Design Bureaus (the headquarters of the Ministry of Construction and Building Materials Industry).
However, he did not leave Poland (more than thirteen thousand Polish Jews made such a decision between 1968 and 1972). For the few years remaining until his retirement, he worked as an engineer in Warsaw design offices. At the turn of the 1970she also began to paint, with some success, as he had several exhibitions, including one in a London gallery; ha also occasionally made sculptures.
Przemysław Kaniecki