Pinkus Szulem Broniatowski

Pinkus Szulem (Paweł) Broniatowski was a prominent physician in Czestochowa, with a practice located at N. P. Marii 21. Paweł Broniatowski became a dermatologist because he got deaf and couldn't use a stethoscope. Before becoming a dermatologist, he had a very prestigious position of the main doctor of the Czestochowa firemen brigade.

BRONIATOWSKI Paweł Pinkus Szulem (1872-1942), doctor, social and charity activist. He was born on 13th July 1872 in Częstochowa, the son of Jakub, a paramedic [felczer], and Chaja née Russ, brother of Romuald, Artur, Henryk and Moszek (1868 Częstochowa-). In 1882, he graduated from elementary school in Częstochowa. In 1893, he matriculated at the government Boys Gimnazjum in Częstochowa. He graduated in medicine at the University of Warsaw and received his degree on 20th December 1898. He conducted a private medical practice in Częstochowa, specialising in skin and venereal diseases. For many years, he was doctor to the local Volunteer Fire Brigade. (In 1919, he was awarded a silver token for his work with the Fire Brigade.) He belonged to the “Dobroczynność” Charitable Society for Jews (TDdŻ), through which he provided free medical aid. From the end of 1914, he belonged to a group of Częstochowa doctors who, through the “Emergency Aid” committee, treated the Częstochowa poor free of charge. He was a member of the Częstochowa branch of the Polish Red Cross, within which he participated in pro-health campaigns. Prior to 1914, he belonged to the Częstochowa Municipal Sanitation Commission. In 1910, he served on the board (which he hosted) of the “Lira” Music-Literary Society.
Prior to 1914, Broniatowski lived at Nowy Rynek 3 (pl. Daszyńskiego), later (in the mid-1920s) at II Aleja 29 and, at the beginning of the 1930s, at II Aleja 21. In 1941, he was forced to move into the Częstochowa ghetto. He perished on 21st March 1942 in Kraków. His wife was Felicja Frymeta née Liberman, the daughter of Mendel and Hana née Zilbersztajn (22nd November Częstochowa - 1942 Treblinka). They had two sons - Ludomir (4th June Częstochowa – 20th August 1942), sports activist in CKS “Warta”, and Mieczysław Artur. Their daughters were Helena (14th April 1906 Częstochowa - circa 1940), Jadwiga (8th March 1909 Częstochowa – 9th December 1973 Warsaw) the wife of Natan Rodał, Irena (26th September 1914 Częstochowa - 31st October 1942 Częstochowa) and Bronisława (26th September 1914 Częstochowa - 14 September 1914 Erie, Pennsylvania) married name
Wiczyk.

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Juliusz Sętowski