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Szapiro
Szapiro is a Polish Jewish surname, a variant of Shapiro. Notable people with this surname include: *Anna Szapiro, mother of Georges Charpak *Deborah Szapiro, film producer *Jakub Szapiro, The King of Warsaw (TV series) main character * Gedali Szapiro (Grzegorz Szapiro, Gedalia Shapira, 1929–1972), Polish–Israeli chess master *Hanna Sawicka (Hanna Krystyna Szapiro 1917–1943), Polish communist * Henoch Szapiro (Henryk Szaro, 1900–1942), Polish screenwriter and film director * Klonimus Kalmish Szapiro (1889–1943), Grand Rabbi of Piaseczno, Poland * Marek Szapiro (1884-1942), artist *Salomea Szapiro, mother of Stefan Kisielewski * Salomon Szapiro (1882–1944), Polish chess master *Shayne-Feygl Szapiro (Dina Blond, 1887-1985), member of the Jewish Labour Bund in Poland and a prolific Yiddish translator * Willy Schapiro (also Szapiro or Schapira, 1910–1944), Polish Jew soldier See also *Szpiro Szpiro is a Polish Jewish surname, a variant of Shapiro. Notable people with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Sawicka
Hanka Sawicka, real name Hanna Krystyna Szapiro, pseudonym ''Hanka'' (born 19 December 1917 in Kraków, died 18 March 1943 in Warsaw) was a Polish communist of Jewish background active in the Polish underground, represented in Polish People's Republic propaganda as the first leader of the Union of Youth Struggle. Life Her parents were Maria and Bernard Szapiro. Her father was a member of PPS Lewica, a socialist party, as well as an uncle of the writer Stefan Kisielewski. In 1931 they moved to Warsaw, where Hanna finished school and studied law. In 1935 she became an activist of the 'Związek Niezależnej Młodzieży Socjalistycznej „Życie” (Union of Independent Socialist Youth). In the first days of the Nazi occupation, Sawicka organised help for political prisoners and published the first underground publication entitled 'Wolność' (Freedom). In the underground resistance, Sawicka was first involved with the youth group 'Spartakus', which had been organised before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of Warsaw (TV Series)
The King of Warsaw ( pl, Król) is Polish crime series directed by Jan P. Matuszyński, based on the novel by Szczepan Twardoch of the same title and produced at the request of Canal+. Its premiere took place on November 6, 2020. Premise Jews and anti-semites. Gangsters and boxers. Street fights and political intrigues. 1937. Warsaw is the arena of power struggles between various political factions. A conspiracy at the height of power may change the face of the capital and the entire Second Polish Republic. The city is shaken by a gang led by a Polish socialist Jan Kaplica. The leader in it is a Jewish boxer Jakub Szapiro who dreams of replacing Kaplica and becoming the king of Warsaw. The specter of fascism hangs over Europe. Cast Episodes Production The shooting period lasted from April to October 1, 2019. Locations of the film set: Warsaw, Modlin, Konstancin, Milanówek, Łódź (the intersection of Piotrkowska and Roosevelta streets, the intersection of Żerom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gedali Szapiro
Gedali Shapiro (Grzegorz Szapiro) (later Gedalia Shapira) (28 October 1929 – 28 December 1972) was a Polish–Israeli chess master, born in Siedlce. He tied for 7-8th at Wrocław (Breslau) 1955 Polish Championship. He played for “Poland B” in 3rd Triennial Cup (HUN–CSR–POL) at Warsaw 1956. Szapiro played twice in Chess Olympiads. team chess record at olimpbase.org * In 1956, at first reserve board in in Moscow (+1 –4 =2) for Poland; * In 1962, at second reserve board in in Varna (+4 –2 =5) for Israel. He t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klonimus Kalmish Szapiro
Kalonymus Kalman Shapira (or Klonimus Kalmish Szapiro) (or "Shapiro," a more common transliteration of the Polish spelling of his name "Szapiro") (20 May 1889–3 November 1943), was the Grand Rabbi of Piaseczno, Poland, who authored a number of works and was murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Early years and life before the war Kalonymus Kalman Shapira was born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland to his father, the '' Imrei Elimelech'' of Grodzhisk. Named after his maternal great-grandfather, the renowned ''Maor VaShemesh'', he was a scion of a distinguished family, which included Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. The Rebbe was born on the day after Lag BaOmer, 19 Iyar 5649, and his bris was on Yesod SheBeYesod of the Omer. At the age of three, he was orphaned by the death of his father. In 1905 he married Rachel Chaya Miriam, daughter of his nephew Grand Rabbi Yerachmiel Moshe of Kozhnitz. She helped him prepare his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henoch Szapiro
Henryk Szaro (1900 – 1942) was a Polish screenwriter and film director. He was born Henoch Szapiro, of Jewish background. He became a leading Polish director of the late 1920 and 1930s. Szaro was killed in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 during the German Occupation of Poland in the Second World War.Haltof p.11 Selected filmography Director * ''Exile to Siberia'' (1930) * ''Pan Twardowski'' (1936) * '' Ordynat Michorowski'' (1937) * '' The Vow'' (1937) * ''Three Troublemakers'' (1937) References Bibliography * Haltof, Marek Marek Haltof (Józef Marek Haltof, born 1957 in Cieszyn, Poland,) is a professor ( dr.hab.) of film studies. specializing in the cultural histories of Polish and Australian film. He studied at the University of Silesia ( Uniwersytet Śląski) in P .... ''Polish Film and the Holocaust: Politics and Memory''. Berghahn Books, 2012. * Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939''. Ohio University Press, 2008. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salomon Szapiro
Salomon Szapiro (Schapiro) known as ''Dr. Szeffer'' (1882–1944) was a Polish chess master. Born in Łódź, he moved to Germany where he studied medicine and received his M.D. degree. He tied for 3rd-5th at Hanover 1902 ( DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier B''), took 4th at Coburg 1904 (DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier B''), took 7th at Barmen 1905 (D tournament), took 4th at Lodz 1909, shared 1st at Nuremberg 1909, took 6th at Hamburg 1910 (DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier B''), tied for 2nd-3rd at Munich 1911, tied for 6-7th at St. Petersburg 1911 (All-Russian Amateur Tournament, Stepan Levitsky won), tied for 9-10th at Breslau 1912 (DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier B''), shared 2nd at Bad Kissingen 1913 (B tourn.), and tied for 7-8th in the Mannheim 1914 chess tournament (''19. Kongreß des Deutschen Schachbundes, Hauptturnier B'', Julius Brach won). Then he returned to Lodz. After World War I, he participated several times in the Lodz City championships. He took 3rd in 1923, took 11th in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dina Blond
Dina Blond (1 March 1887 - 1985) was a prominent member of the Jewish Labour Bund in Poland and a prolific Yiddish translator. She translated over 30 works of world literature into Yiddish from German, English, and Russian. She was born Shayne-Feygl Szapiro in Vilna, then a part of the Russian Empire. In the mid-1920s Blond became chairwoman of the Bund's women's organisation, the Yidisher Arbeter Froy (YAF). She was also editor of the women's page of the party newspaper, ''Folkstsaytung The ''Folkstsaytung'' ( yi, פֿאָלקסצייטונג, 'People's Newspaper') was a Yiddish language daily newspaper which served as the official organ of the General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland. ''Folkstsaytung'' was published in Warsaw, Se ...''.YIVO Archives References 1877 births 1985 deaths American socialist feminists American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Bundists Feminists from the Russian Empire General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland politicians Jews from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shapiro
Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Sapiro, Spiro (name)/Spyro (in Greek), Szapiro/ Szpiro (in Polish) and Chapiro (in French), is a Jewish Ashkenazi surname. Etymology The surname is derived from the medieval name of Speyer, Germany, compare Spire, the French name for that city. Other name variants attributed to Speyer include Sapiro, Spira, Spire, Spiro, Spero, Chapiro, Sprai, Szpir, Szpiro, Sapir and Spear. The Jewish community of Speyer was one of three leading cities central to the development of Ashkenazi culture, referred to as the , an acronym based on the names of the cities. The family name Speyer (based on the modern German name for the same city) has also become a well-known surname that was spread by Jews from Frankfurt to England, the United States and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century. Some suggest that the surname derives from the Aramaic word () meaning "handsome". Notable people surnamed Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Charpak
Georges Charpak (; born Jerzy Charpak, 1 August 1924 – 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992. Life Georges Charpak was born Jerzy Charpak to Jewish parents, Anna (Szapiro) and Maurice Charpak, in the village of Dąbrowica in Poland (now Dubrovytsia in Ukraine). Charpak's family moved from Poland to Paris when he was seven years old, beginning his study of mathematics in 1941 at the Lycée Saint Louis.CERN The actor and film director André Charpak was his younger brother. During World War II Charpak served in the resistance and was imprisoned by Vichy authorities in 1943. In 1944 he was deported to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, where he remained until the camp was liberated in 1945. After '' classes préparatoires'' studies at Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris and later at Lycée Joffre in Montpellier, he joined in 1945 the Paris-based École des Mines, one of the most prestigious engineering schools in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Kisielewski
Stefan Kisielewski (7 March 1911 in Warsaw – 27 September 1991 in Warsaw, Poland), nicknames Kisiel, Julia Hołyńska, Teodor Klon, Tomasz Staliński, was a Polish writer, publicist, composer and politician, and one of the members of Znak, one of the founders of the Unia Polityki Realnej, the Polish libertarian and conservative political party. Biography Kisielewski was born to a Polish father Zygmunt Kisielewski and a Jewish mother Salomea Szapiro. In 1927 he entered the State Conservatory of Music in Warsaw, where he received three diplomas: in theory (1934, under Kazimierz Sikorski), in composition (1937, also under K. Sikorski) and in pedagogical piano (1937, under Jerzy Lefeld). He also studied Polish literature and philosophy at Warsaw University and completed his composition studies in Paris, in the years 1938–39. As a composer, Kisielewski remained firmly rooted in French neo-classicism, although his writings supported contemporary musical trends in Poland more br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Schapiro
Salomon Wolf Willy Schapiro (also Szapiro or Schapira) (25 May 1910 in Skala, Poland – 21 February 1944, executed at the fort Mont Valérien), was a Polish Jew, and a soldier in the FTP-MOI French liberation army in the Manouchian group). Youth Schapiro left Poland around 1930 and emigrated to Palestine. He developed a workers' organisation whose aim was to hunt the British power which controlled the region after the dismantling of the Ottoman empire in 1918. His activities brought about his arrest, then expulsion. He subsequently emigrated to Austria from 1933 to 1939. Second world war In 1938, at the time of the '' Anschluss'', Schapiro fled to Paris via Switzerland where he worked as a furrier, living in the 9th arrondissement. He joined the FTP-MOI in May 1943. He was arrested on 27 October 1943 in an attack on a German military convoy. He was tortured but did not reveal any information about his network. Schapiro was condemned to death by the occupier, and he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szpiro
Szpiro is a Polish Jewish surname, a variant of Shapiro. Notable people with this surname include: * Abram Szpiro (1912-1943), Polish chess master * George Szpiro George Geza Szpiro (born 18 February 1950 in Vienna) is an Israeli–Swiss author, journalist, and mathematician. He has written articles and books on popular mathematics and related topics. Life and career Szpiro was born in Vienna in 1950, and mo ... (born 1950), Israeli-Swiss author, journalist, and mathematician * Lucien Szpiro (1941–2020), French mathematician * Dawid Szpiro (1922-1944), Victim of the Holocaust ** Szpiro's conjecture See also * Szapiro {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
