Julian Chorążycki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julian Chorążycki

Polish-Jewish military officer & Holocaust victim

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1885

Place of Birth: Šiauliai, Kovno Governorate, Lithuania

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1943

Profession: physician, military physician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Dr.
Julian Chorazycki (August 19, 1885 – April 19, 1943) served as doctor-in-chief of the infantry regiment in the Polish Army during the reconstitution of sovereign Poland.
In the interwar period, he was a throat surgeon practising in Warsaw.
Born Jewish, Chorazycki spent two years in the Warsaw Ghetto.
During the Holocaust in Poland he became the first leader of the perilous prisoner uprising at the Treblinka extermination camp.
On August 2, 1943 – after the long period of preparation posing an immediate threat to life – an armed revolt in Treblinka erupted, however, Chorazycki committed suicide on April 19, 1943 when faced with imminent capture, to avoid revealing details of the uprising and its participants under torture.