Józef Celmajster (later Józef Niemirski) (born 27 December 1901 - 7 December 1968 in

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) was a Polish physician of Jewish descent, first lieutenant of the

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, chief of medical department of the

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(ŻZW) in the

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and OW- KB. 200px, Tombstone of Józef Celmajster in the Powązki Military Cemetery Celmajster, a graduate of the University of Wilno, participated in the 1939 Defensive War and the

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. Later deported to the German concentration camp Auschwitz and survived. After

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he worked as physician.

Military decorations

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References

*Tadeusz Bednarczyk – ''Życie codzienne warszawskiego getta'' (Warsaw 1995, ) *Marian Apfelbaum - ''Two flags: Return to the Warsaw Ghetto'' () 1901 births 1968 deaths Jewish Military Union members Polish military doctors Auschwitz concentration camp survivors Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery Polish Army officers 20th-century Polish physicians {{Judaism-bio-stub