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			Interview with Anna Patusiak on October 29, 2007, Interviewed by Amity Robinson and Casey Proctor.

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Edward Ochab


First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party
In office March 1956 – October 1956
Preceded by	Bolesław Bierut
Succeeded by	Władysław Gomułka

Personal details
Spouse	Liwa Ochab née Oshpitzin

Edward Ochab (born 1906, died 1989), a Polish communist politician who was First Secretary of the Communist party between March and October 1956 and served as head of state in the years 1964-1968. Ochab withdrew from politics in 1968 in the aftermath of the anti-Semitic campaign conducted by the governing Polish United Workers' Party in the People's Republic.

The wife of Edward Ochab, Liwa, stemmed from a Hasidic family of Oshpitzin, residing in Israel, with whom the couple maintained correspondence

Edward also had five children, four daughters and a son. Anna, Sophia, Maria,Wanda, and Felix. He has a grandson named Felix, after his son.

References

Chaim Wolnerman, "Water Carriers".
The New York Times, May 3, 1989, "Edward Ochab Is Dead; Poland Ex-Official."

Preceded byBolesław Bierut	General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party 1956	Succeeded byWładysław Gomułka
Preceded byAleksander Zawadzki	Chairman of the Polish Council of State 1964–1968	Succeeded byMarian Spychalski

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