Career
He returned to Poland in 1939, just before the outbreak of World World War II, but was immediately arrested. Freed from prison by the Soviet invasion of the country, Zawadzki eventually joined the Soviet-organized Polish People"s Army, rising to the rank of major general. Upon the conclusion of the Vistula-Oder Offensive, he was appointed the new government"s representative to the former German territory of Silesia, which was transferred to Poland after the war.
He was elected to the Sejm in 1947, and on 20 November 1952 he was appointed chairman of the Polish Council of State, to replace Bolesław Bierut.
He died of cancer in 1964.
