Władysław Dobrzaniecki (24 September 1897 in Zielinka near
Borszczów
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– 4 July 1941 in
Lemberg
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,
District of Galicia
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) was a Polish physician and surgeon.
Life
Władysław was since 1936 head of the Saint Zofia Children Hospital in
Lwów
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, and since 1938 titular professor of surgery at the
Lviv University
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The university is the oldest institution of highe ...
. He was a precursor of
plastic surgery in Poland.
Death
He was murdered by the
Germans
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in
Lviv
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during the
Massacre of Lvov professors.
See also
Massacre of Lvov professors
1897 births
People from Ternopil Oblast
People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Polish Austro-Hungarians
Polish plastic surgeons
Academic staff of the University of Lviv
Polish people of the Polish–Ukrainian War
Victims of the Massacre of Lwów professors
1941 deaths
Health professionals killed in wars
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