Slawik, Henryk

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Date of birth:: July 16th, 1894 (Timmendorf, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:: August 23rd, 1944 (KZ Mauthausen, Germany)
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

Henryk Slawik saved the lives of about 30.000 Polish refugees (including 5000 jews) in Hungary. Hanged for hiding jews.

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Yad Vashem-decoration

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1990

Posthumously awarded

Order Orla Bialego (1992)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: February 5th, 2010

Posthumously awarded

Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski

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