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Salo Wittmayer BaronSalo Wittmayer Baron was an American historian of Polish-Austrian Jewish ancestry and the most noted historian of the Jews of his generation. Baron... |
Historian | Tarnow |
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Meir BalabanMeir Balaban was one of the most outstanding historians of Polish and Galician Jews, and the founder of Polish Jewish historiography. ... |
Historian | Lviv |
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Szymon AskenazySzymon Ashkenazy was born in Zawichost. He was a Polish historian, educator, statesman and diplomat, founder of the Askenazy school. ... |
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Ascher Selig LauterbachAscher Selig Lauterbach was born in 1826 in Drohobych to a family of salt merchants. His father, Yaakov Betzalel ben Zvi, was born in Bavaria... |
Industrialist | Drohobych |
Hermann MenkesHermann Menkes was a well-known writer, journalist and literary critic. Born in Brody in 1865, Menkes graduated from the departments of literary... |
Journalist | Brody | |
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Sir Hersch LauterpachtSir Hersch Lauterpacht was born in Zhovkva, Austria-Hungary. He was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1952 to... |
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Max MargulesMax Margules was a well-known mathematician and meteorologist. Born in Brody in 1856, Margules graduated from the University of Vienna, where he... |
Mathematician | Brody |
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Stanisław Marcin UlamStanisław Marcin Ulam was a renowned Jewish-Polish-American mathematician. He participated in America's Manhattan Project, originated the Teller... |
Mathematician | Lviv |
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