Stanislaw Henryk Krzyzanowski (29 October 1874 – 10 February 1917) was a Polish physician.
Alternate birth (1877) and death dates (Nov.
10, 1917) are given on the Otwock-HiStory blog.
He was among the earliest members of the Polish Socialist Party (PSP).
He was born in Otwock, Poland.
Krzyzanowski, was a doctor, mostly treated poor Jewish people.
During an outbreak of typhus in 1917 among his Jewish patients, Krzyzanowski eventually contracted the disease and subsequently died from its complications.
His wife's name was Janina.
Krzyzanowski's life and politics had a profound impact on his daughter Irena Sendler.
At great personal risk, she was instrumental in rescuing over 2,500 Jewish babies and children from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 during the German occupation of Poland.