List of Polish Jews

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Graves of Polish Jews among the fallen soldiers of the Polish Defensive War of 1939; Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw

List of Polish Jews:

From the Middle Ages until the Holocaust, Jews comprised a significant part of the Polish population. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, known as a "Jewish paradise" for its religious tolerance, attracted numerous Jews who fled persecution from other European countries, even though, at times, discrimination against Jews surfaced as it did elsewhere in Europe. Poland was a major spiritual and cultural center for Ashkenazi Jewry, and Polish Jews made major contributions to Polish cultural, economic, and political life. At the start of the Second World War, Poland had the largest Jewish population in the world (over 3 million[13]), the vast majority of whom were killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust during the German occupation of Poland, particularly through the implementation of the "Final Solution" mass extermination program. Only 369,000 (11%) survived. After massive postwar emigration, the current Polish Jewish population stands at approximately 8,000.

The following is a list of people with Polish-Jewish heritage. Note that the list includes people of Jewish faith, Ashkenazi culture and/or Jewish ancestry.

Contents

Historical figures

Politicians

Soldiers and fighters

Others

Religious figures

Academics

Scientists

Social sciences

Cultural figures

Artists

Musicians

Screen and stage

Writers and poets

Polish-language

Yiddish-language

Other writers

Business figures

Sport figures

Chess players

Others

Criminals

  • Bogusław Bagsik, hochstapler, swindler
  • Anatol Fejgin , Polish State Security Services, very cruel communist criminal
  • Maria Gurowska or Berger, Polish State Security, Services communist criminal
  • Wiktor Herer, Polish State Security Services, communist criminal
  • Adam Humer, Polish State Security Services, communist criminal
  • Oskar Karliner, chairperson of the military tribunal in Poland
  • Aaron Kosminski, UK Jack the Ripper suspect
  • Meyer Lansky, US gangster
  • Salomon Morel, Polish State Security Services, communist criminal
  • Julian Polan-Haraschin, chairperson of the military tribunal in Cracow
  • Roman Romkowski, 1st vice-minister of MPS
  • Józef Różański, head of the Department of Investigations
  • Joseph Saltis, US gangster

Fictional figures

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08665a.htm
  2. ^ Canadian Jewish News: "was born in 1898 near Lodz, into a traditional Jewish family" Accessed 10 Nov 2006.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ (British Dictionary of National Biography)
  5. ^ [2] "Roald Hoffmann, Polish-Jewish American , chemist, poet, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981; PIASA Casimir Funk Award 1995"
  6. ^ [3] Polish
  7. ^ [4]. Balthus denied his mother was Jewish all his life. See Balthus#Ancestral Debates for details.
  8. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born of Jewish parents in Warsaw"
  9. ^ review of the Audio Encyclopedia, Stars of David "This disc contains over 600 complete recordings of almost 200 singers of Jewish heritage" including Jan Kiepura; accessed 16 Nov 2006.
    The New York Times, August 10, 2005 The Kiepuras' European ascendancy was cut short by the rise of the Nazis; both had Jewish mothers." Accessed 16 Nov 2006.
  10. ^ [5]
  11. ^ [6]
  12. ^ [7]
  13. ^ [8]
  14. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Jasienski, Bruno
  15. ^ Jewish Chronicle, Obituary, 18 May 2006: "Born in Lvov to a wealthy Jewish doctor father"
  16. ^ [9]
  17. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Stern, Anatol
  18. ^ Aleksander Wat: Life and Art of an Iconoclast
  19. ^ [10] [11] Pierre's brother, Balthus, denied having any Jewish ancestry. Pierre's view on this has not been recorded. See Balthus#Ancestral Debates for details.
  20. ^ [12] Jewish Sports
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