Adam Czerniaków

Politician, Deceased Person

1880 – 1942

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Who was Adam Czerniaków?

Adam Czerniaków was a Polish-Jewish engineer and senator, and head of the Warsaw Ghetto Judenrat. He committed suicide in the Warsaw Ghetto on 23 July 1942 by swallowing a cyanide pill, a day after the commencement of mass extermination of Jews known as the Grossaktion Warsaw.

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Born
Nov 30, 1880
Warsaw
Also known as
  • Adam Czerniakow
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Died
Jul 23, 1942
Warsaw

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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