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Jan Stanisław Olbrycht

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Jan Stanisław Olbrycht
Pronunciationˈjan staˈɲiswaf ˈɔlbrɨxt
Born1886
Died1968 (aged 81–82)
Nationality POL

Jan Stanisław Olbrycht (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan staˈɲiswaf ˈɔlbrɨxt]; 1886, Zahutyń –1968, Kraków) was a Polish medic, university professor and one of the most renowned specialists in forensics of the early 20th century. Throughout his life he served as a chief specialist in various trials, especially in the assessment of evidence. Between 1923 and his retirement in 1962 he was a professor at the Kraków-based Jagiellonian University. From 1931 he was also a member of the Polish Academy of Skills and from 1958 - of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Arrested by the Germans in 1942, he spent the rest of the war in Auschwitz and then Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.[1]

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1952).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Archiwum ofiar terroru nazistowskiego i komunistycznego w Krakowie 1939 - 1956". krakowianie1939-56.mhk.pl. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  2. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej z dnia 22 lipca 1952 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń państwowych" (in Polish). 1952.