Henryk S Awik

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Henryk S¿awik (1894-1944) was a Polish politician, diplomat, and social worker who during World War II helped save 5,000 Hungarian and Polish Jews from Budapest by giving them false Polish passports.Henryk S¿awik was born in 1894 in the village of Szeroka, now a part of Jastrz¿bie Zdrój, Poland (then German Empire). The 5th son in a poor peasant family, he was sent by his mother to an academic secondary school. After graduation, S¿awik volunteered for the Polish Army. After his term ended he joined the police force and served as a police officer in Silesia until 1939. At the same time S¿awik was an activist of the right-wing faction of the Polish Socialist Party.