Marian Gieszczykiewicz

Marian Teodor Ludwik Gieszczykiewicz (born May 21, 1889 in Kraków, Austria-Hungary - July 30, 1942 in Auschwitz) was a Polish physician, bacteriologist.

Gieszczykiewicz was professor at the Jagiellonian University starting in 1924 and member of the Polish Academy of Skills. During the German occupation he taught at the so-called "Secret Universities".

He was imprisoned and died in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.

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