1886–1943
Zygmunt Åempicki (11 May 1886 in Sanok â 21 June 1943 in Auschwitz) was a Polish literature theoretician, Germanist, philosopher, and culture historian.
Zygmunt Åempicki (11 May 1886 in Sanok â 21 June 1943 in Auschwitz) was a Polish literature theoretician, Germanist, philosopher, and culture historian. He was an influential figure in Polish German studies of the interwar period. Åempicki was professor at the Warsaw University from 1919 until 1939, member of the Polish Academy of Skills and editor-in-chief of the "Åwiat i Å»ycie" encyclopedia. He was arrested with his wife Wanda and died from typhus in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz on 21 June 1943.
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