Tadeusz pankiewicz biography for kids
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Tadeusz Pankiewicz
born in Sambor (Sambir) on November 21, – died in Kraków on November 5,
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Tadeusz Pankiewicz worked in the Apteka pod Orłem (Eagle Pharmacy) in the Kraków area of Podgόrze from on. In March the German occupiers converted the neighborhood into a ghetto. Non-Jewish people were not permitted to enter. Pankiewicz bribed the authorities so that he could continue running his business. He observed violent attacks on Jews on the huvud square outside the pharmacy. Up to the ghetto’s clearance in March , Pankiewicz and his co-workers supported Jews, even though this was banned and punishable by death sentence. They not only provided medical help, but also passed on messages between ghetto inmates and their relatives hiding outside the ghetto. The pharmacy staff obtained forged documents for persecuted Jews, secretly exchanged ghetto inmates’ valuables for food, passed on information, and gave consolation. During the raids in the ghetto and deportations t
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Tadeusz Pankiewicz
Polish pharmacist and "Righteous Among the Nations"
Main article: Polish Righteous among the Nations
Tadeusz Pankiewicz (November 21, , in Sambor – November 5, , buried in Kraków), was a Polish långnovell Catholicpharmacist,[1] operating in the Kraków Ghetto during the Nazi German occupation of Poland. He was recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem on February 10, , for rescuing countless Jews from the Holocaust.
Pankiewicz studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In , he took over the proprietorship of the Under the Eagle Pharmacy founded in by his father Jozef.[2] The pharmacy was situated on Plac Zgody (formerly Mały Rynek square) in Kraków's Podgórze district. Its prewar clientele included both Gentile Poles and Jews.
In the Kraków Ghetto
[edit]Under the German occupation of Poland during World War II, Podgórze district was closed off in March as a ghetto for local area Jewry. Within the walls o
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Tadeusz Pankiewicz
Tadeusz Pankiewicz (November 21, , Samborze, Poland - November 5, ), Polish pharmacist in the Kraków Ghetto, a "Righteous Among the Nations" who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.
Early life
Pankiewicz studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. In , he took over the proprietorship of the Apteka Pod Orłem ("Under the Eagle") pharmacy. The shop, situated on Plac Zgody (formerly Mały Rynek, the market square) in Krakow's Podgórze suburb, had been founded in by his father Jozef. Its clientele included both Poles and Jews.
In the Kraków Ghetto
When under the Nazi occupation of Poland in World War II, Podgórze was closed off in March as a ghetto for Krakow Jewry, there were four pharmacies owned by non-Jews within its walls. Pankiewicz was the only one to decline the Germans' offer of relocating to the "Aryan" side of the city. He was given permission to continue operating his establishment and reside on the premises, and his staff were given pa