About Józef Jan Siemieński
Lived 1882 – 1941 (aged 59). Józef Jan Siemieński was a Polish historian and archive manager.
Józef Siemieński (born 2 March 1882 in Skrzydłów near Radomsko – 14 October 1941 in Auschwitz) was a Polish archivist, historian of law.
Siemieński was from 1925 until 1939 director of the Central Archives of Historical Records (AGAD) in Warsaw and professor at the Jagiellonian University since 1938.
He was arrested by the Gestapo and murdered in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.
Works Ustrój Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (1915) Polska kultura polityczna wieku XVI w. (Kultura staropolska) (1932) Polskie zbiory rękopiśmienne przed wojną, podczas wojny i po wojnie (1941)
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Polish historian (1882-1941)
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Józef Jan Siemieński was born on 2 March 1882 in Skrzydłów.
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Józef Jan Siemieński died on 14 October 1941 in Auschwitz, Oświęcim.
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Józef Jan Siemieński was a historian and archive manager.
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Józef Jan Siemieński was Polish.
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