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Włodzimierz Dąbrowski (11 August 1892 in
Włodzimierz Dąbrowski (11 August 1892 in Cieszyn
Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Repu ...
– 1942 in Auschwitz
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) was a Polish lawyer and political activist in Silesia
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Dąbrowski participated in the Silesian Uprisings
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. He was murdered during World War II
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by the German
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s at Auschwitz concentration camp
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Works
* ''Rok walki o rządy na Śląsku Cieszyńskim'' 1919Polish Western affairs: Volumes 20 à 22 Instytut Zachodni - 1979 "As far as Polish literature is concerned, mention should be made of the pre-war books by Cezary Berezowski 6, Wlodzimierz Dabrowski 7 and Leon Zieleniewski 8." * ''Górny Śląsk w walce o zjednoczenie z Polską'' (Upper Silesia's Struggle for Union with Poland, 1923).See also
*List of Nazi-German concentration camps
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*The Holocaust in Poland
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*World War II casualties of Poland
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