The diary of the four war years spent by the author in France became one of the main Polish books of the 20th century. In it, Bobkowski recorded the development of military events and diagnosed the European crisis in a catastrophic manner, revealing considerable insight.Andrzej Bobkowski (1913–1961) - writer, publicist. In March 1939, he and his wife left for Paris. He worked at an arms factory near Paris and was evacuated with him to the south of France. In 1940 he returned to Paris and continued working at the factory. During the German occupation he took part in the Resistance movement. After the war, he was one of the most important employees of the Kultura magazine, the main printed organ of the Polish emigration, which contributed to changes in Poland. It was under the auspices of “Culture” that his war diary was published. In 1948, Bobkovsky went to Guatemala and opened a model aircraft store there. He authored several books, including a rich epistolary.