Jerzy Jan Lerski
Jerzy Jan Lerski | |
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Lwów University, Georgetown University | |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer, soldier, historian, political scientist, politician |
| Employer | University of San Francisco |
| Honours | Righteous Among the Nations, Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta |
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Jerzy Jan Lerski (nom de guerre: Jur; also known as George Jan Lerski; 1917-1992); was a Polish lawyer, soldier, historian, political scientist and politician. After World War II he emigrated to the United States, where he became a full professor at the University of San Francisco.
Life
Born 20 January 1917 in
Jerzy Lerski first saw action in
In November 1944 he was appointed secretary to the third
On the eve of the
Lerski published books and articles on Polish history. In 1988 he published memoirs about his wartime experiences, Poland's Secret Envoy, 1939–1945.
The State of Israel recognized him as a
George Lerski died following
Works
- Jerzy Lerski The Economy of Poland Washington 1954, Council for Economic and Industry Research;
- Jerzy Lerski A Polish Chapter in Jacksonian America:The United States and the Polish Exiles of 1831 ; Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1958
- Jerzy Lerski Origins of Trotskyism in Ceylon ; a documentary history of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, 1935-1942. Stanford 1968, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace,
- Jerzy Lerski Herbert Hoover and Poland : a documentary history of a friendship / compiled and with an introd. by George J. Lerski ; foreword by U. S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield (R-OR). Stanford 1977: Hoover Institution Press, ISBN 0-8179-6741-9
- Jerzy Lerski Jewish-Polish coexistence, 1772-1939 : a topical bibliography / compiled by George J. Lerski and Halina T. Lerski ; foreword by Lucjan Dobroszycki. New York 1986, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-24758-7
- Jerzy Lerski Poland's Secret Envoy, 1939–1945 (autobiography), New York 1988, Bicentennial Publishing, ISBN 0912757213
- Jerzy Lerski Emisariusz Jur (autobiography), Warszawa 1989, wyd. I krajowe, wyd OW "Interim" ISBN 83-7043-025-2
- Jerzy Lerski Emisariusz Jur (autobiography), Warszawa 1989, wyd. I krajowe, wyd OW "Interim"
- Jerzy Lerski ISBN 0-313-26007-9
See also
- List of Poles
External links
References
- JSTOR 25778445.
- Holocaust, at Yad Vashemwebsite
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