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Jakub Mortkowicz
Jakub Mortkowicz (25 March 1876 − 9 August 1931) was a Polish book publisher and bookseller. Biography He was born to a Polish Jews, Polish Jewish family in Opoczono, as a son of Eliasz. Young Jakub graduated from junior high school in Radom. Then, he was studying in Munich, City of Brussels, Brussels and Antwerp, where he graduated from Trading Academy and was a member of the Association of the Polish Students (Stowarzyszenie Polskich Studentów) and the Federation of the Socialist Youth (Związek Młodzieży Socjalistycznej). After returning to Poland, he was working for Hyppolite Wawelberg and joined the Polish Socialist Party. For socialist activity, Jakub Mortkowicz was prisoned in the Warsaw Citadel and then he was punished by forced migration to the Caucasus Mountains. In 1903, when he returned to Warsaw, Mortkowicz and Teodor Toeplitz founded the Mortkowicz Towarzystwo Wydawnicze w Warszawie Sp. Akc., one of the most important book's companies in prewar Poland. In 1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opoczno
Opoczno () is a town in south-central Poland, seat of Opoczno County in the Łódź Voivodeship. It has a long and rich history, and in the past it used to be one of the most important urban centers of northwestern Lesser Poland. Currently, Opoczno is an important road and rail junction; its patron saint is Saint Cecilia, and the town is famous across Poland for its folklore. Location Opoczno lies on the Wąglanka river, in northwestern corner of historic Lesser Poland, on the boundary between Lesser Polish Upland, and Mazovian Lowland. On December 31, 2020, its population was 20,746. The town and its gmina, commune have a total area of 190 km2, which makes it one of the largest communes in the voivodeship. In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Opoczno was part of Sandomierz Voivodeship, and for centuries was the seat of a large county; in the Second Polish Republic (and from 1950 to 1975), it belonged to Kielce Voivodeship until 1 April 1938 and to Łódź Voivodeship (1919– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
