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Adam Czerniaków
Polish politician (1880–1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adam Czerniaków (30 November 1880 – 23 July 1942)[1] was a Polish engineer and senator who was head of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Council (Judenrat) during World War II. He committed suicide on 23 July 1942 by swallowing a cyanide pill, a day after the commencement of mass extermination of Jews known as the Grossaktion Warsaw.[2][3]
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Born | (1880-11-30)30 November 1880 |
Died | 23 July 1942(1942-07-23) (aged 61) |
Nationality | Polish |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, politician |
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