Dr.Aleksander Skotnicki

Professor Skotnicki is Department Head of Hematology of Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland.  In addition to his tremendous scientific accomplishments in the prevention and treatment of blood illnesses, Dr. Skotnicki has devoted his life to Polish-Jewish and Polish-Israeli relations and reconciliation.  

Skotnicki has been a prominent leader in the creation of photographic exhibitions detailing Poland’s Jewish Community prior to World War II, the Nazi and Soviet Invasion of Poland in 1939 and Occupied Cracow during WWII.  He is the author of the recent book, Oskar Schindler in the Eyes of Cracovian Jews Rescued by Him.  Dr. Skotnicki’s grandparents are among Poland’s Righteous; rescuers who hid Jews during the Holocaust.    

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