Juliusz Rechniewski [Poles in Liepājā]

Juliusz Rechniewski (1824–1887), was a lawyer, writer and social activist. He and his family settled in Liepājā in 1872. He was elected town councillor three times (1878–1886) and was a member of the town’s management board, in which he served as deputy mayor. His eulogies stated that his work and knowledge of the law had been extremely valuable to the town. The dramatic experiences connected with the arrest of his son Tadeusz as an activist of the First Proletariat, and the subsequent trial and 14 years’ hard labour sentence contributed to Juliusz Rechniewski’s premature death in 1887. He was buried in the old Catholic cemetery, but the grave has not been preserved.