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Ignacy Einhorn (* 1946)

• He was born in 1946 into a Jewish family.

• His mother survived the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

• He graduated in medicine and still works as a doctor today.

• He is actively involved in Jewish social and cultural life.

• From 2002 to 2006, he was chairman of the Jewish Religious Community in Wrocław.

Ignacy Einhorn was born in Lądek Zdrój in 1946, the son of Sabina (née Rozenberg) and Józef Einhorn. Before the war, his mother, Sabina Rozenberg, lived in Warsaw. When the war began, she fled the city and tried to make her way to the Soviet Union. She eventually returned to Warsaw to be with her family. In 1943, she escaped the Warsaw Ghetto and hid on the ‘Aryan’ side for several months. On 18 April, the day before the ghetto uprising began, she returned to the ghetto to celebrate Pascha with her family. When the uprising began, she was hiding in a bunker. After the bunker was discovered, she and her family were taken to the Nazi German concentration camp at Majdanek. She was later transported to Auschwitz concentration camp. In January 1945, she set off on the so-called Death March. She ended up in Ravensbrück concentration camp. After the camp was liberated, she returned to Poland. There, she met Józef Einhorn, a Polish army officer of Jewish origin who had survived the war in the Soviet Union. They married and settled in Stronie Śląski. Their son, Ignacy, was born in 1946. Ignacy Einhorn spent his childhood in Kłodzko, where he attended primary and secondary school. He studied medicine in Wrocław. After graduating, he returned to Kłodzko, where he still lives and works as a doctor today. Ignacy Einhorn spent his childhood in Kłodzko, where he attended primary and secondary school. He studied medicine in Wrocław. After graduating, he returned to Kłodzko, where he has lived and worked as a doctor ever since. He grew up in a family that nurtured Jewish traditions and he actively participated in the social and cultural life of the local Jewish community. From 2002 to 2006, he was chairman of the Jewish community in Wrocław. In 2000, he was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit in recognition of his contributions to the Jewish community.