Wacław Leon Czarnecki (2 August 1902 – 16 May 1990) a Polish journalist, who before World War II was a member of the Polish Socialist Party; after World War II he was a member of the Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy (ZBoWiD) and the Society of Polish Journalists (Stowarzyszenie Dziennikarzy Polskich).
He was a prisoner of the Majdanek and Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps, an active member of secret communist and anti-fascist organisations in Buchenwald; he co-authored (with Zygmunt Zonik) monographs about the Buchenwald concentration camp (inspired by his Buchenwald friend Kazimierz Nowicki) and its sub-camp Mittelbau-Dora.
Wacław Czarnecki died in Warsaw. He is buried at the Służew Old Cemetery, left side, 2nd plot, 5th row, grave no 10.
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Individual Files (male) – Concentration Camp Buchenwald: Wacław Czarnecki. Arolsen Archives Accessed 1 August 2019.