12/17 | Birthday of Władysław Broniewski
Today in Yiddishkayt… December 17 Birthday of Revolutionary Polish Poet Władysław Broniewski Today is the birthday of the Polish radical poet, Władysław Broniewski, born in Płock December 17, 1897 (died February 10, 1962 in Warsaw). As a young man, Broniewski joined the Polish independence movement and fought against Russia in World War I before becoming an activist in the Polish Communist movement. He was closely associated with the Skamander group of lyrical poets. During the war, the non-Jewish Broniewski spent time in Jerusalem among Polish-Jews in exile. It was there where...
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