Renowned Persons

Many renowned persons came from Jewish central Poland.

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Tadeus Reichstein

Tadeus Reichstein

Born in 1897, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for his work on adrenal hormones and cortisone. He lived to 99.

Tovia (Taube) Altman

The wartime heroine, born in 1919, grew up in Wloclawek, became a courier and smuggler for Jewish organizations during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Szymon Goldberg

Goldberg became a renowned violinist, concertmaster, and educator. After naturalizing as a U.S. citizen, he taught at Yale and Juilliard and was celebrated for his interpretation of Mozart.