He was born in 1935 in Bielsko as the son of Stanisław Broż and Urszula née Jachimska. He spent his youth in Kraków, where he studied art history at the Jagiellonian University, graduating with Master's diploma. At the same time, he developed his skills as a fine-art photographer and worked as a technical assistant at the Medical Academy in Kraków, performing scientific photography. In 1965 he went on a one-year scholarship of the Margrave J. S. Umiastowska Roman Foundation to Rome, planning to research on the Italian Renaissance. In Rome he met and became the secretary of Emeryk August Hutten-Czapski. At once, he took the position of the secretary of the Margrave J. S. Umiastowska Foundation, Chair of which was Czapski. Broż performed as a double secretary of Czapski and the Foundation between 1969 and 1979. Together with Emeryk Czapski, he went on a number of antiquarian journeys around Europe, mainly to Paris. In addition, in the years 1969–1977 he was the secretary of Karol Popiel. In the years 1968–2012 he was the administrator of the Hospice of the Union of Polish Knights of Malta in Rome. Polish scholarship holders stayed there, including Jerzy Vetulani, with whom Broż established a long-term friendship. Broż also worked as a tour guide, showing Polish groups around Rome. During his stay in Rome, Adam Broż completed a course in archeology of the city and its surroundings, and a course on paper conservation, including the conservation of books. He worked as a journalist. He published, among others in Tygodnik Powszechny, Przekrój, Kultura, Narodowiec, Nowy Dziennik, and later also in magazines Niedziela and Akcent. He helped in obtaining Italian marbles used to rebuild the interiors of the Royal Castle in Warsaw in the 1970s and 1980s. He authored a number of guide books on Rome: Rome and the Vatican. A Guide, History of the Holy Years, Rome – Holy Year 1983. Jubilee of Redemption. Papal Bull, Rome and Its Sourroundings. Tourist Guide, Rome. Vatican. History of the Holy Years. A Guide, Rome in Polish and Vatican. Pilgrim's Guide. Over the years, Broż has acquired a number of engravings with portraits of artists, seventy-three of which were shown at the exhibition Portraits of Artists. Prints from the Collection of Adam Broż at the Royal Castle in Warsaw in February–May 2015. In 1984, Adam Broż was elected a member of the Free Journalists Association in Munich. He married to Bożena Sikorska, doctor of medicine.
