Emil Sommerstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Emil Sommerstein

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1889

Place of Birth: Hleshchava, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 26-May-1957

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Emil Sommerstein

  • Emil Sommerstein (July 6, 1883 in the village of Hleszczawa near Trembowla – May 26, 1957 in Middletown, New York, United States) was a Polish-Jewish lawyer, philosopher, activist and politician. Sommerstein spent most of his life in Lwow, where in the interbellum period he was director of the Lawyers Office.
  • Between 1922 and 1939, he was a deputy to the Polish Parliament (with a break from 1927 to 1929), where he was a member of several commissions.
  • He also published articles in several Polish and Jewish newspapers and magazines, such as Chwila, Glos Prawa and Gazeta Bankowa.
  • Among others, he founded first organization of Jewish farmers - Lesser Poland’s Union of Farmers, and in 1933, he co-created United Antihitlerite Committee in Warsaw.
  • When Lwow was annexed by the Soviet Union, Sommerstein organized the Committee of Helping Jewish Refugees from Germany.
  • Arrested by the NKVD, he was sent to a gulag, and later released.
  • After the war, he was a member of the communist-sponsored government Polish Committee of National Liberation.
  • In 1946 Sommerstein left Poland for USA, where he died.

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