Filip Friedman
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Filip (Philip) Friedman (born 27 April 1901, Lvov – died 7 February 1960, New York) was a Polish–Jewish historian.
After graduation form Gymnasia in Lvov, he studied at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lvov and University of Vienna. In 1925 he moved to Lodz. Author of several works in history and economy. In autumn 1939 reached Lvov, where he worked in the Science Academy of Ukraine. After Germans took Lvov over, Friedman went into hiding on the Aryan side. After the liberation and returning to Poland, he taught Jewish History at the University of Lodz, serving simultaneously as the director of the Central Jewish Historical Committee. In 1946 immigrated into American Zone in Germany and in 1948 to the USA.[1]
