Please note that the content of this book mainly consists of articles that are available online from Wikipedia or other free sources. Adam Zielinski, born on June 22, 1929, in Drohobycz, Galicia, is a highly awarded and distinguished Polish writer and former entrepreneur. He writes his works in Polish and German. Adam Zielinski was born in Drohobycz, not far from Lviv, and became a full orphan during World War II, as the Nazis killed first his father and then his mother. Left to fend for himself at the age of 13 and relying on odd jobs to make a living, Adam Zielinski graduated from high school in Krakow in 1947 and then studied social sciences and journalism at Jagiellonian University in Krakow until 1954.