Eugene Lazowski

Eugeniusz Łazowski
Eugeniusz Łazowski, Poland
Born1913 (1913)
Częstochowa, Poland
DiedDecember 16, 2006(2006-12-16) (aged 92–93)
Eugene, Oregon, US
Alma materJózef Piłsudski University
OccupationDoctor

Eugene Lazowski born Eugeniusz Sławomir Łazowski (1913 – December 16, 2006) was a Polish medical doctor who saved thousands of Polish lives during World War II, particularly by being one of two physicians who created a fake epidemic which played on German phobias about hygiene. Lazowski gained fame from an article that mischaracterized the thousands of lives saved as being Polish Jews, although Lazowski did save many Jews by clandestinely providing medicine to them which was prohibited and punishable by death.

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