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Stanisław Hejmowski as a boy with his father Konstanty Hejmowski [Poles in Liepājā]

1905

POLONIKA The National Institute of Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad

POLONIKA The National Institute of Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad
Warszawa, Poland

Stanisław Hejmowski (1900–1969), was a lawyer. He was born in Liepājā, and his father, Konstanty, was a lawyer, social activist and city councillor. He finished secondary school in Liepājā, and after 1918 he settled in Poland.
He was the counsel for the defense in the show trials following the June 1956 workers’ protests in Poznań, and in the trials of several members of the anti-communist underground movement. He was persecuted by the authorities of communist Poland and disbarred.
In 2006, on the 50th anniversary of the June 1956 protests, one of the streets in Poznań was named after him.

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  • Title: Stanisław Hejmowski as a boy with his father Konstanty Hejmowski [Poles in Liepājā]
  • Date Created: 1905
  • Location Created: Liepājā/Lipawa Latvia
  • Provenance: Archive of Hejmowski family
  • Rights: copyrights © Narodowy Instytut Polskiego Dziedzictwa Kulturowego za Granicą POLONIKA
POLONIKA The National Institute of Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad

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