Talk:Józef Walaszczyk

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Did you know... that Józef Walaszczyk had to collect one kilogram (2.2 lb) of gold within five hours to save 21 Jews?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Józef Walaszczyk had to collect one kilogram of gold within 5 hours to save 21 Jews? ^[1]
- ALT1:... that Józef Walaszczyk is described as "second" and "Polish Schindler"? ^[2]^[3]

Created/expanded by Foks17 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:18, 9 February 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral : Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Great work @Foks17:. I proofread the article and changed the wording in a few places, please check that I didn't accidentally change the meaning along with it. Otherwise, it's good to go.

Actually Checking again, it's very closely paraphrased to [1]. Can you bring some other sources into it/expand/reword sections? Spacepine (talk) 14:10, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your time to check it and your advice. I have expanded the article. Hope now it meets the requirements. Foks17 (talk) 23:18, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Foks17, looks good now. I prefer the first hook Spacepine (talk) 23:06, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

FYI reviewers, this is my first DYK review Spacepine (talk) 23:08, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Grądzka-Rejak, Martyna (November 2018). Szczepaniak, Mateusz (ed.). ""A drop within the vastness of human misfortune". The story of Józef Walaszczyk | Polscy Sprawiedliwi". sprawiedliwi.org.pl. Translated by Andrew Rajcher. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
^ Sosnowska, Anna (15 October 2016). "Uratował życie 53 Żydom. Rozmowa z "drugim Schindlerem"". Aleteia Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.
^ Węgłowski, Adam (16 February 2011). "Polski Schindler". www.focus.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.

Which Lidzbark?

In June 1939, Walaszczyk was taking part in the military preparatory course near Lidzbark Warmiński.

Lidzbark Welski, however, was already part of Poland. 195.187.108.130 (talk) 17:18, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply

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[1] Grądzka-Rejak, Martyna (November 2018). Szczepaniak, Mateusz (ed.). ""A drop within the vastness of human misfortune". The story of Józef Walaszczyk | Polscy Sprawiedliwi". sprawiedliwi.org.pl. Translated by Andrew Rajcher. Retrieved 2020-02-08.

[2] Sosnowska, Anna (15 October 2016). "Uratował życie 53 Żydom. Rozmowa z "drugim Schindlerem"". Aleteia Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.

[3] Węgłowski, Adam (16 February 2011). "Polski Schindler". www.focus.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.

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