Marian Teodor Ludwik Gieszczykiewicz (born 21 May 1889 in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

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- 21 July 1942 in

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.) was a Polish physician, bacteriologist. Gieszczykiewicz was 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 ...

starting in 1924 and member of the

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. During the

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occupation he taught at the so-called "

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". He was imprisoned in the

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Auschwitz.

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assassinated him on 31 July 1942.

References

1889 births 1942 deaths Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Polish microbiologists Polish resistance members of World War II Polish civilians killed in World War II Polish people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Scientists from Kraków {{poland-med-bio-stub