Zygmunt Łempicki

Zygmunt Łempicki (11 May 1886 in Sanok – 21 June 1943 in Auschwitz) was a Polish literature theoretician, Germanist, philosopher, and culture historian.[1] He was an influential figure in Polish German studies of the interwar period.[2]

Łempicki was professor at the Warsaw University from 1919 until 1939, member of the Polish Academy of Skills and editor-in-chief of the "Świat i Życie" encyclopedia.

He was arrested with his wife Wanda and died from typhus in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz on 21 June 1943.[3]

Works

  • Geschichte der deutschen Literaturwissenschaft... (1920)
  • Renesans - oświecenie - romantyzm (1923)
  • Wybór pism (t. 1-2 1966)

References

  1. ^ "Łempicki Zygmunt – Słownik Pisarzy i Badaczy XX i XXI w." pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  2. ^ "Zygmunt Łempicki between German and Polish German studies in the 1920s and 1930s". RAD-on (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  3. ^ "Men - transport from April 29, 1943. 400 people with numbers from 119127 to 119526". AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU Memorial and Museum. Retrieved 2025-12-10.


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