* Henryk Sławik

Henryk Sławik, born 16 July 1894 in Szeroka ( now a part of Jastrzębie-Zdrój, then in the Prussian zone of partitioned Poland ), was executed by Nazi Germans in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp on 26 August 1944.

Henryk Sławik was born into an impoverished Polish Silesian family as one of its 9 children.

It is estimated that Henryk Sławik helped as many as 30, 000 Polish refugees in Hungary, approximately 5, 000 of them Jews.

According to Maria Zawadzka of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Henryk Sławik was posthumously awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem Commemorative Authority already on 26 January 1977, but achieved wide recognition only after Zvi Henryk Zimmerman, his wartime associate and a distinguished Israeli politician, popularized his efforts in the 1990s.

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* Waldemar Szymański, " Henryk Sławik – zapomniany bohater.

* Premiera filmu " Henryk Sławik – Polski Wallenberg.

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* 1933 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer ( d. 2010 )

Concertos for the instrument were written by Francis Poulenc ( the Concert champêtre, 1927 – 28 ), Manuel de Falla, Bertold Hummel, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass, and Roberto Carnevale.

* 1835 – Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer ( d. 1880 )

* 1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1916 )

* 2010 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer ( b. 1933 )

* September 22 – Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist ( d. 1988 )

* December 8 – Henryk Jasiczek, Polish writer and political activist ( b. 1919 )

* November 15 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1846 )

* March 31 – Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer ( b. 1835 )

* June 13 – Henryk Dembiński, Polish engineer ( b. 1791 )

* December 6 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer ( d. 2010 )

* July 22 – Janusz Korczak ( pen-name of Henryk Goldszmit ), Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogist ( born 1878 or 1879 ) ( d. 1942 )

* May 5 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1916 )

* July 10 – Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer ( d. 1880 )

* Henryk Jordan ( 1842 – 1907 ), professor of obstetrics

* Henryk Niewodniczański ( 1900 – 1968 ), physicist

Henryk IV Probus ( Latin for the Righteous ) ( or Prawy ; ) ( c. 1258 – 23 June 1290 ) was a member of the Silesian branch of the royal Polish Piast dynasty.

Ship burial of Igor of Kiev | Igor the Old in 945, depicted by Henryk Siemiradzki ( 1843 – 1902 ).

James Louis Sobieski ( full name in Polish: Jakub Ludwik Henryk Sobieski ; 2 November 1667 – 19 December 1737 ) was the son of King John III of Poland and Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d ' Arquien.

Among the most important are Poznań's Polish Theatre of Dance, founded by Conrad Drzewiecki and currently led by Ewa Wycichowska, and Wrocław's " Pantomima ", founded by Henryk Tomaszewski ( 1919 – 2001 ).

* Henryk Woods – A small subdivision on the east side of Thompson Road across from the Bragman estate.

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* Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers, deposition by Henryk Tauber in the Polish Courts, May 24, 1945, p. 481 – 502, Jean-Claude Pressac, Pressac-Klarsfeld, 1989, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, New York, Library of Congress 89-81305

* 1990 – 1992 Henryk Ledóchowski

Foxman was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church as Henryk Stanislaw Kurpi, and raised as a Catholic in Vilnius between 1940 and 1944 when ( after several legal custody battles ) he was returned to his parents.

The weapon was designed in 1943 by engineer Henryk Strąpoć and produced in several underground facilities ; the name is a reference to the resistance fighters who used the weapon.

The so-called holy minimalists are represented by Arvo Pärt, whose Johannespassion and Magnificat have received regular performances ; John Tavener ( Song for Athene ) and Henryk Gorecki ( Totus Tuus ) share this label.

In 1960, Szeryng was named Mexican Cultural Ambassador ; in 1966, by which time he had moved to Paris, he was designated Honorary Director of the Conservatory of Music in Mexico City, and a Henryk Szeryng Music Festival was held in his honor in Mexico City.

They have worked with many minimalist composers including John Adams, Arvo Pärt, George Crumb, Henryk Górecki, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, and Kevin Volans ; collaborators hail from a diversity of countries -- Kaija Saariaho from Finland, Pēteris Vasks from Latvia, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh from Azerbaijan, and Osvaldo Golijov from Argentina.

* Henryk Łowmiański, O pochodzeniu Geografa bawarskiego, Roczniki Historyczne, R. 20, 1955, s. 9 – 58 ; reed: w: Studia nad dziejami Słowiańszczyzny, Polski i Rusi w wiekach średnich, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im.

* Henryk Łowmiański, O identyfikacji nazw Geografa bawarskiego, Studia Źródłoznawcze, t. III: 1958, s. 1 – 22 ; reed: w: Studia nad dziejami Słowiańszczyzny, Polski i Rusi w wiekach średnich, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im.

5 January 1904: Henryk Sienkiewicz ( famous polish writer ) stayed in Town's Theatre ; which was the seat of Fire Brigade during that time.

* Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski ; Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska.

Henryk Grossman ( alternative spelling: Henryk Grossmann ; April 14, 1881, Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow – November 24, 1950, Leipzig ), was a Polish-German economist, historian, and revolutionary of Jewish descent.

* Kozaczuk, Władysław, Enigma: How the German Machine Cipher Was Broken, and How It Was Read by the Allies in World War II, edited and translated by Christopher Kasparek, Frederick, MD, 1984: a history of cryptological efforts against Enigma, concentrating on the contributions of Polish mathematicians Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski ; of particular interest to specialists will be several technical appendices by Rejewski.

Their joint plans foundered when Borchgrevink, who had severed relations with Henryk Bull, learned that Bruce was in discussions with him ; " I regret therefore that we cannot collaborate ", wrote Borchgrevink to Bruce.

Not all of the Polesie Group soldiers capitulated ; many dispersed and continued guerrilla warfare, most notably major Henryk Dobrzański.

He had six sisters and two brothers – Henryk and Franciszek, who also were footballers ; Henryk played for Włókniarz Starogard Gdański, while Franciszek was a Starogardzki KS player.

Like Tadeusz Kościuszko ( who fought in the American War of Independence ) and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski ( who fought alongside Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy and in the French Invasion of Russia ), Bem fought outside Poland's borders for the future of Poland ; anywhere his leadership and military skills were needed.

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (; also known as Jean Henri Dombrowski or Johann Heinrich Dombrowski ; 29 August 1755 – 6 July 1818 ) was a Polish general and national hero.

Józef Henryk Przytycki (; ; born October 1953 in Warsaw, Poland ), is a mathematician specializing in the fields of knot theory and topology.

* Genrikh Yagoda ( Ягода ; Henryk Jahoda ), Soviet politician

He accompanied such diverse international artists as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Yehudi Menuhin, Roberta Peters, Rita Streich, Henryk Szeryng, Ann Brown, Kim Borg, Camilla Wicks, Felicia Weathers ; and a panorama of Norwegian artists that included Ingrid Bjoner, Knut Skram, Arve Tellefsen, Terje Tønnesen, Elise Båtnes, Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Edith Thallaug, and Ole Bøhn.

Butautas or Butaw ( baptized Henryk ; died on May 7, 1380 in Prague ) was a son of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania.