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

Władysław Szlengel
Born	1912 Warsaw
Died	May 8, 1943(1943-05-08) (aged 28–29) Warsaw
Occupation	poet lyricist journalist

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,[1] but soon established relations with a number of dailies and weeklies.[2]

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.[2]

He took part in the 1939 defence of Warsaw.[3] 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.[4] In 1940 he returned to Warsaw. On 16 November 1940 Waliców Street, where he lived, was made part of the Warsaw Ghetto.[2]

He became an organiser of cultural life in the district of the Ghetto. In his poetry, Szlengel described the everyday experiences and suffering of Jews, but didn't shy away from irony. Many of his poems document the Holocaust, including Umschlagplatz procedures, transports to Treblinka extermination camp and circumstances of Janusz Korczak's death. During his confinement to the Ghetto, he sought in vain to find refuge on the Aryan side[5] and collaborated with Oyneg Shabbos.

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

See also

• List of Poles

References

На других языках

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[de] Władysław Szlengel

Władysław Szlengel (* 1912[1] in Warschau; † 1943 ebenda) war ein polnischer Dichter, Satiriker und Schauspieler. Vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg schrieb er u. a. Texte für das Kabarett. Bekannt wurde er zudem für seine im Warschauer Ghetto entstandenen Gedichte. Szlengel starb 1943 während des Aufstands im Ghetto.

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- [en] Władysław Szlengel

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[fr] Wladyslaw Szlengel

Władysław Szlengel, né à Varsovie en 1912[Note 1] et mort, exécuté par les Allemands dans le Ghetto de Varsovie, le 8 mai 1943 lors du soulèvement du ghetto était un poète, un satiriste et un acteur juif polonais qui écrivit des poèmes en polonais qui étaient lus et récités par les juifs maintenus prisonniers dans le ghetto de Varsovie. Ses textes furent redécouverts après guerre et publiés.

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[ru] Шленгель, Владислав

Владислав Шленгель (польск. Władysław Szlengel, 1911 или 1914, Варшава — 8 мая 1943, там же[1]) — польский поэт, публицист, сатирик.

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