Anastazy Matywiecki (1914–1944)
Lawyer, poet, social activist, and participant in the Warsaw Uprising. He was born on September 17, 1914, in Kobryń, the son of Zelik and Malka (née Goldin). In 1931, he began studying law at the University of Warsaw. During his studies, he became involved with leftist circles sympathetic to communism. He was also briefly arrested for distributing communist leaflets. After completing his studies, he served as a trainee at the law firm of Leon Berenson, whose leftist views he largely shared. He was a member of […]