Adam Słodowy · In memoriam
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Adam Słodowy
1923 – 2019 · 96 years
Adam Słodowy (December 3, 1923 – December 10, 2019) was a prominent Polish inventor, author, and TV host. Between 1959 and 1983, he hosted and produced a long-running Sunday morning TV show for children in Poland, entitled "Zrób to sam" ("Do It Yourself"). In 505 episodes the show taught its viewers how to make various toys and contraptions – from mini airplanes to working radios – with simple and everyday supplies, as children's toys in Poland in the years following WWII were difficult to come by. Adam Słodowy was born in Czarnków, Poland. During the German occupation (1939–44) he first worke