Henryk Korowicz (born 1888 in Malinówka – July 12, 1941 in Lwów) was a Polish economist, professor and rector of the

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His father was Joachim Kornreich-Korowicz (a native of Malinówka, also lived in

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and Lublin, where he was murdered by German soldiers at the beginning of the Second World War). He studied in

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and Strasbourg. Before 1918, he published under the name Dr. Henryk Kornreich. During the First World War, he served as an officer in the

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and, after Polish independence, in the

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, during the Polish-Soviet War, on the

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front. He worked for several years at Bank Polski in

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. After his marriage to Olga Pawłowska, a colleague and noblewoman from Bukovina, he lived in Lwów. From 1924, he lectured (subjects included treasury finance, banking policy, and

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) at the Academy of Foreign Trade in Lwów. From 1927, he worked there as associate professor, from 1931 as full professor, and, in addition, from 1931–1939, he was the

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. He continued to lecture during the

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of Lwów (1939–1941), when the Academy of Foreign Trade was transformed into the Lwów State Institute of Soviet Trade. On July 11, 1941, he was arrested by the

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, and murdered, probably the following day, in what became known as the

Massacre of Lwów professors In July 1941, 25 Polish academics from the city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) along with the 25 of their family members were killed by Nazi German occupation forces. By targeting prominent citizens and intellectuals for elimination, the Nazis hop ...

. He had one son, Wojciech Antoni Korowicz (born 1926), who, after the death of his father, joined the

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, during winter 1943/44. He served in the

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, under Dragan Sotirovic – Draża. He fought in Operation Tempest in Lwów, and, later, on the San River. In July 1945, together with soldiers of the 14th Regiment, he managed to reach

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, where his unit was incorporated into the II Corp. He emigrated to

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, and later to

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. Henryk’s brother was Marek S. Korowicz, Professor of International Law.

Sources

* Jan Draus - Uniwersytet Jana Kazimierza we Lwowie 1918-1946. Portret kresowej uczelni * Information from grandson, Jonathan Korowicz {{DEFAULTSORT:Korowicz, Henryk Polish people of German descent Polish economists 1888 births 1941 deaths Victims of the Massacre of Lwów professors