Józef Siemieński (born 2 March 1882 in Skrzydłów near

Radomsko Radomsko is a city in southern Poland with 44,700 inhabitants (2021). It is situated on the Radomka river in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the county seat ...

– 14 October 1941 in

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) was a Polish archivist, historian of law. Siemieński was from 1925 until 1939 director of the

Central Archives of Historical Records Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw ( pl, Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie, AGAD) is one of Poland's four national archives. It holds records ranging from 12th century until World War I. The current headquarters is located ...

(AGAD) in

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and professor at the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

since 1938. He was arrested by the

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and murdered in the German

concentration camp Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simply ...

Auschwitz.

Works

* ''Ustrój Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej'' (1915) * ''Polska kultura polityczna wieku XVI w.'' (''Kultura staropolska'') (1932) * ''Polskie zbiory rêkopiœmienne przed wojna, podczas wojny i po wojnie'' (1941) 1882 births 1941 deaths Polish people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Academic staff of Jagiellonian University 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Polish civilians killed in World War II People from Radomsko County {{Poland-historian-stub