Henryk Sławik
Polish politician, social worker, activist, and diplomat (1894-1944) · Poland · On the map · Politicians · Died at 50
Henryk Sławik was a Polish politician in the interwar period, social worker, activist, and diplomat, who during World War II helped save over 30,000 Polish refugees, including 5,000 Polish Jews in Budapest, Hungary, by giving them false Polish passports with Catholic designation.
Henryk Sławik is read about 32 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.
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2010Order of the White EagleAward2004Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAward1977Righteous Among the NationsAward1944Died25 August 19441938Cross of IndependenceAward1937Gold Cross of MeritAward1894Born15 July 1894
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![Monument to Henryk Sławik and József Antall [hu] in Warsaw](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Pomnik_Henryka_S%C5%82awika_i_J%C3%B3zsefa_Antalla_w_Warszawie_01.jpg/1280px-Pomnik_Henryka_S%C5%82awika_i_J%C3%B3zsefa_Antalla_w_Warszawie_01.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
![Monument to Henryk Sławik and József Antall [hu] in Budapest](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Ods%C5%82oni%C4%99cie_pomnika_Henryka_S%C5%82awika_i_J%C3%B3zsefa_Antalla_w_Budapeszcie.jpg/1280px-Ods%C5%82oni%C4%99cie_pomnika_Henryka_S%C5%82awika_i_J%C3%B3zsefa_Antalla_w_Budapeszcie.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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About this person
He was executed with some of his fellow Polish activists on order of Reichsführer SS in concentration camp Gusen on 23 August 1944.
Country
Poland
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1944 · aged 50
