Ignacy Schwarzbart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ignacy Schwarzbart

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1888

Place of Birth: Chrzanów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 26-Apr-1961

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ignacy Schwarzbart (1888–1961) was a prominent Polish Zionist, and one of two Jewish representatives on the Polish National Council of the Polish Government-in-Exile during the Second World War, along with Szmul Zygielbojm.Schwarzbart and Zygielbojm played key roles in highlighting reports of Nazi atrocities against Jews in occupied Poland.
In 1942 Schwarzbart held a press conference in London alleging that 1 million Jewish people had already been killed.
The figures were reported in the media but were treated sceptically by both the British and by some other Polish politicians.