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Meir Balaban (1877–1942)
aka Majer Bałaban, b. 20th February 1877 in Lemberg (Lwów), d. 1942 in Warsaw; rabbi, Polish historian, orientalist, and teacher of Jewish origin, the most eminent researcher of the history of Jews in Poland. Author of famous works including Jewish history and culture with a detailed review of the history of the Jews in Poland (published in 1921) and The History of Jews in Kraków and in Kazimierz 1304-1655 (1931). Died on 26th December 1942 in Warsaw in unspecified circumstances, with one of the hypotheses being that he committed suicide.
Portrait of majer Bałaban published by "Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny" in 1920s
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