Manfred Kridl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Manfred Kridl

Polish historian

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1882

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1957

Profession: historian

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Manfred Kridl (1882–1957) was a Polish historian of literature. From 1932 Kridl taught at Wilno's Stefan Batory University, where he was an opponent of anti-semitic ghetto-bench policy.
In 1940, during World War II, Kridl managed to escape from occupied Poland and settled in the United States.
There he taught at Smith College, then at Columbia University.