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Tadeusz Pankiewicz
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1908 – 1993
Who was Tadeusz Pankiewicz?
Tadeusz Pankiewicz, was a Polish Roman Catholic pharmacist, operating in the Kraków Ghetto during the Nazi German occupation of Poland. He was recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem on February 10, 1983, for rescuing countless Jews from the Holocaust.
Pankiewicz studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In 1933, he took over the proprietorship of the "Under the Eagle" pharmacy founded in 1910 by his father Jozef. The pharmacy was situated on Plac Zgody in Kraków's Podgórze district. Its prewar clientele included both Gentile Poles and Jews.
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- Born
- Nov 21, 1908
Sambir - Nationality
- Poland
- Education
- Jagiellonian University
- Died
- Nov 5, 1993
Kraków
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on July 23, 2013
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