Bolesław Drobner

Polish politician Bolesław DrobnerCity mayor of WrocławIn office14 March 1945 – 9 June 1945Succeeded byAleksander WachniewskiSenior Marshal of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic Personal detailsBorn(1883-06-28)28 June 1883KrakówDied31 March 1968(1968-03-31) (aged 84)KrakówPartyPolish Socialist Party Polish United Workers' Party Bolesław Drobner (28 June 1883 – 31 March 1968) was a Polish politician. Biography Drobner was born into an assimilated Jewish middle-class family in Kraków, and graduated from the King John III Sobieski Gymnasium. After studies in Berlin, Lwów, and Zürich, he earned a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Freiburg. Drobner joined the Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia in 1898, and then the Polish Socialist Party; during his time abroad, he was also a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland. At the outbreak of World War I Drobner joined the Polish Legions, before being conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian Army. During the interwar period he advocated for collaboration between the Polish Socialist Party and the communist movement, and was arrested several times for participating in strikes and demonstrations. At th