Aleksander Zelwerowicz

Aleksander Zelwerowicz (14 August 1877 in Lublin – 18 June 1955 in Warsaw) was a Polish actor, director, theatre president and a teacher. He received the Order of Polonia Restituta and is one of the Polish Righteous among the Nations.[1]

Aleksander Zelwerowicz as Figaro in The Barber of Seville by Pierre Beaumarchais at the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków

Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy is named after him.

He is buried at the Powązki Cemetery.

Selected filmography

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References

  1. Aleksander Zelwerowicz - his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
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