Marian Rejewski

Marian Rejewski

male, deceased (1980)
World War II, mathematician, cryptography, French, polish, British…germaninvasionofpoland, invasion of poland, End of World War II in Europe, defeat of Nazi Germany, Association of Warsaw Insurgents
Marian Adam Rejewski (16 August 1905 - 13 February 1980) was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who, in 1932, solved the Enigma machine, the...
Mordechaj Anielewicz

Mordechaj Anielewicz

male, deceased (1943)
Jewish person, invasion of poland, socialist, Recipient of Virtuti Militari, polish, soviet…germaninvasionofpoland, German, British Mandate of Palestine
Mordechai Anielewicz, also known as ŻOB, during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Born to a poor family in Wyszków near Warsaw, he joined and became a le...
Maximilian von Weichs

Maximilian von Weichs

male, deceased (1954)
German military personnel of World War II, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, Nazi, German Military, Vyazma, germaninvasionofpoland…invasion of poland, Recipient of the Iron Cross, Invasion of France, German veteran of World War I, Field Marshal of Nazi Germany
Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel Lamoral Reichsfreiherr von Weichs zu Glon (12 November 1881 - 27 June 1954) was a German Nazi...
Charles E. Bohlen

Charles E. Bohlen

male, deceased (1974)
Tehran Conference, yalta conference, United States Ambassador to the Philippines, Joe McCarthy, George C. Marshall, Harvard University alumni…united states department of state, Ambassador of the United States, germaninvasionofpoland, invasion of poland
Charles Eustis “Chip” Bohlen was a United States diplomat from 1929 to 1969 and Soviet expert, serving in Moscow before and during World War II,...

Josef František

male, deceased (1940)
Kamionka Strumiłowa, Dęblin, Kamianka-Buzka, killed in aircraft crash, germaninvasionofpoland, Soldier…Recipient of Virtuti Militari, invasion of poland
Sergeant Josef František was a Czech fighter pilot, a flying ace of the Polish Air Force of the World War II. Josef František joined the Cz...

Józef Lipski

male, deceased (1958)
hitler, second world war, polish, germaninvasionofpoland, Nazi Germany, foreign policy…Free City of Danzig, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Józef Lipski. Polish diplomat and Ambassador to Nazi Germany, 1934 to 1939. Lipski played a key role in foreign policy of Second Polish Republic. L...
Itzhak Katzenelson

Itzhak Katzenelson

male, deceased (1944)
poet, gestapo, polish, germaninvasionofpoland, minsk, Nazi concentration camp victim…invasion of poland
Itzhak Katzenelson (also transcribed "Icchak-Lejb Kacenelson", "Jizchak Katzenelson"; "Yitzhok Katznelson") (1886–1944) was a Jewish teacher, po...

William Wain Prior

male, deceased (1946)
germaninvasionofpoland, World War II, occupation of Denmark, Folketing, Royal Danish Army, Commander in Chief
General William Wain Prior was the Commander in chief of the Royal Danish Army from 1939 to 1941. Before the Occupation of Denmark by Germany in...

Henryk Sławik

male, deceased (1944)
death by firearm in Germany, Carpathian Mountains, German Empire, invasion of poland, social worker, hungarian…germaninvasionofpoland, German, prisoner of war
Henryk Sławik was a Polish politician, diplomat, and social worker who during World War II helped save 5,000 Hungarian and Polish Jews from B...
Maryla Jonas

Maryla Jonas

female, deceased (1959)
Jewish, pianist, polish, germaninvasionofpoland, Classical pianist, piano
The pianist Maryla Jonas, pronounced Marie-la, was born in Warsaw, Poland, debuting her pianistic talent at the early age of 9. In spite of her...