Józef Wittlin was born on August 17, 1896 in Dmytrów, Poland, Russian Empire [now Dmytriv, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Children in Refuge (1944) and To kompania idzie nasza (1975). He was married to Halina Handelsmann. He died on February 28, 1976 in New York City, New York, USA.