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Paweł Hertz
Paweł Hertz (born 29 October 1918 in Warszawa, Warsaw, died 13 May 2001 in Warszawa, Warsaw) was a Polish writer, poet, translator and publisher. Life He was born in a family of Polish Jews to Michał Hertz and Paulina nee Turower. He attended Gimnazjum im. Mikołaja Reja in Warsaw, dropped out on his own volition and never attempted the Matura, final exams. In 1935–1937 he traveled through Austria and Italy, sometimes accompanied by people such as Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. Late 1937 he started living in Paris where he attended lectures on Écoles des Hautes Études Internationales. In gay circles he was sometimes called "the princess of Israel". In the summer of 1939 he returned to Poland. After the outbreak of World War II, he reached Lviv via the Stradecz estate. There, in January 1940, he was arrested and imprisoned by the Russians in the Zamarstyniv prison, and then sentenced to eight years in the camp, after which he was sent to the camp in Ivdel in Siberia through the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warszawa
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
