Stanisław Krzyżanowski
Stanisław Krzyżanowski | |
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 Dr. Stanisław Krzyżanowski with his wife Janina | |
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| Died | Poland, 1917 |
| Occupation | Medical doctor |
Stanisław Krzyżanowski[1] (1865 – February 1917) was a Polish physician. He was among the earliest members of the Polish Socialist Party (PSP). He was born in Otwock, Poland.
Krzyżanowski was one of the few Catholic doctors in Poland who treated poor Jewish people.[2] During an outbreak of typhus in 1917 among his Jewish patients, Krzyżanowski eventually contracted the disease and subsequently died from its complications.[3] His wife's name was Janina.
His opposition to anti-Semitic behavior[4] profoundly impacted his daughter Irena Sendler (Irena Sendlerowa). At great personal risk, she was instrumental in rescuing over 2,500 Jewish babies and children from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Poland.[5]
References
- ^ Mieszkowska, Anna. Die Mutter der Holocaust-Kinder, DVA 2006. ISBN 3-421-05912-8
- ^ "Irena Sendler", The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
- ^ Facts at Irena Sendler Organization
- ^ Irena Sendler at Jewish Virtual Library
- ^ Tomaszewski, Irene; Werblowski, Tecia. Zegota: The Council to Aid Jews in Occupied Poland 1942-1945, Price-Patterson, 1999. ISBN 1-896881-15-7