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Socha, Leopold, 1909-1946

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Personal name headingSocha, Leopold, 1909-1946
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Birth date1909-08-28
Death date1946-05-12
Place of birthLʹviv (Ukraine)
Place of deathGliwice (Poland)
Field of activityRighteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
Found inIn darkness, 2011: (Leopold Socha; subject of film; film not viewed)
Wikipedia WWW site, viewed May 3, 2018: (Leopold Socha; born August 28, 1909 in Lwów; died May 12, 1946 in Gliwice, Poland; sewer inspector who used his knowledge of the sewage system to shelter a group of Jews from the Nazis during World War II; in 1978 he was recognized by Israel as Righteous Among the Nations)