Miedza-Tomaszewski is the author of the 1977 memoir Benefis konspiratora about his Warsaw Uprising experiences. Those events served as the basis for the movie Umarłem, aby żyć (I died, so as to live, 1984). Miedza-Tomaszewski graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw when the war broke out.
He designed posters and underground stamps.
He was the oldest of six brothers. Stanisław Miedza-Tomaszewski was the godfather of Polish president Lech Kaczyński.
Member of the Polish resistance during occupation of Poland in World World War II, he escaped from the transport to Pawiak prison after arrest, and left besieged Warsaw with the civilian population. In the Polish resistance, he was one of the members of the Bureau of Information and Propaganda. He was a brother of photographer Jerzy Tomaszewski (also a member of Polish Armia Krajowa) who photographed the Warsaw Uprising before being seriously wounded.
And Andrzej Tomaszewski nom de guerre "Andrzej", also an underground fighter.
