Aleksander Hafftka

Aleksander Zygmunt Hafftka (November 24, 1892 – June 2, 1964) was a Polish Jewish historian and statesman.

Life Hafftka was born November 24, 1892, in Częstochowa to a family of a wealthy Jew Tuwia Hafftka, who owned of a porcelain factory.

In 1919 he took a position in the Civil Administration of the Eastern Lands, Wilno District soon becoming in charge of information about Jewish affairs. During 1927–1937, he was head of the Jewish Division in the Nationalities Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland. He was fired from the position amid accusations in taking bribes from the Society in Defense of Ritual Slaughter. Although he was exonerated and won a defamation process, he was never restored in any governmental position. This is thought to be related with the rise of anti-Semitism in post-Pilsudski Poland, and also with changes in the state politics in national affairs.

Publications Ustawodawstwo Polski odrodzonej w stosunku do żydowskiej mniejszości narodowej Żydzi w Polsce odrodzonej. Działalność społeczna, gospodarcza, oświatowa i kulturalna (Vols. 1 and 2, co-author) Żydowskie ugrupowania polityczne w Polsce Żydowskie stronnictwa polityczne w Polsce Odrodzonej Der Antisemitismus in der deutschen Republik (under pen name Fritz Marburg, Vienna, 1931)