Kurowski was born in
Marienburg,
West Prussia, and studied law at the
University of Königsberg. He and his wife
Aenne Kurowski-Schmitz practised a lawyer's and notary's office in
Danzig (today Gdańsk). In January 1919, Kurowski was elected as a member of the
Centre Party to the
Weimar National Assembly for the Danzig constituency but had to withdraw after the foundation of the Free City of Danzig. He became the Chairman of the Danzig branch of the Catholic Centre Party, which he represented as a fraction leader in the
Volkstag parliament, and became a Senator in 1926. Kurowski was a
consul general and an
honorary consul of the
Federal State of Austria, a post for which he was charged with High treason in 1937 by the
Nazi government of the Free City. The trial was stopped and Kurowski was released from prison after the Centre Party refused to protest against its "voluntary" dissolution to the
League of Nations. While his wife remained in Danzig, Kurowski moved to Austria and, after the
Anschluss, to Italy. He returned to Germany and lived at
St. Tönis, the birthplace of his wife, but was again arrested. After a further release, he was hidden at the
Sisters of Saint Elizabeth in Danzig-Oliva and died in a hospital in Danzig. == References ==