Editing Jan Olszewski (section)

==Early life and World War II==
Born in [[Warsaw]] on 20 August 1930,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&q=Jan+Olszewski+August+20%2C+1930&pg=PA648|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945|first=Harris M.|last=Lentz|date=4 February 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134264902|via=Google Books}}</ref> Olszewski originated from a working-class family employed in the railway industry who were strongly connected to the [[Polish Socialist Party]].<ref name=TVN>{{cite news|title=Olszewski, Owsiak i Szostek honorowymi obywatelami Warszawy|url=http://tvnwarszawa.tvn24.pl/informacje,news,olszewski-owsiak-i-szostek-honorowymi-obywatelami-warszawy,129197.html|access-date=20 January 2015|publisher=[[TVN (Poland)|TVN]] Warszawa|date=31 July 2014}}</ref> Olszewski was related to [[Stefan Aleksander Okrzeja]], a Polish socialist nationalist from the turn of the 20th century who was executed by Russian authorities in 1905 for leading insurgent activities.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Michalska|first1=Magdalena|title=Premier niezłomny|journal=Nowe Państwo|date=2013|volume=94|issue=12|url=http://www.panstwo.net/2842-premier-niezlomny}}</ref> Despite Olszewski's active preference to [[right-wing politics]] later in life, he considered himself sympathetic to socialist causes during his early formative years.<ref name=PRL>{{cite web|title=PRL według Jana Olszewskiego|url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/7/15/Artykul/371328,PRL-wedlug-Jana-Olszewskiego-|website=Świadkowie historii|publisher=Polskie Radio|date=11 May 2011}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], Olszewski was active in the [[Szare Szeregi]] (Grey Ranks), an underground part of the [[Polish Scouting Association]]. According to biographical information published at footnote five, Olszewski participated in the [[Warsaw Uprising]] in 1944.<ref name=pres>{{cite web|url=http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwum/ludzie-prezydenta-lecha-kaczynskiego/doradcy-lecha-kaczynskiego/jan-olszewski/|publisher=[[President of Poland]]|title=Jan Olszewski - Doradca Prezydenta RP ds. politycznych|access-date=19 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121115720/http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwum/ludzie-prezydenta-lecha-kaczynskiego/doradcy-lecha-kaczynskiego/jan-olszewski/|archive-date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=Laba209>[[#Labal|Laba]], p. 209</ref>