Władysław Szlengel

Władysław Szlengel (1912 – 8 May 1943) was a Polish poet, lyricist, journalist, and stage actor of Jewish descent.

Life Władysław Szlengel was the son of a Warsaw painter who made film posters. In 1930, Władysław Szlengel graduated from the Merchants' Assembly Trade School of the City of Warsaw.

During his school years, he first discovered his talent for rhyming. He published his texts in the student newspaper, but soon established relations with a number of dailies and weeklies.

Szlengel wrote only in Polish. By 1939, he was one of the most recognizable lyricists in Poland, and the author of several popular songs. He had also published satirical articles in the weekly Szpilki, and political articles in Robotnik and in the Lwów newspaper Sygnały. Later, he moved with his wife to Białystok, at the time occupied by the Soviets. There, he worked as director of the local Miniature Theatre. In 1940, he returned to Warsaw. On 16 November 1940, Waliców Street, where he lived, was made part of the Warsaw Ghetto. and collaborated with Oyneg Shabbos.

He and his wife died during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, murdered by the Germans after being discovered in the bunker at Świętojerska Street 36, where they had a hiding place.