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			==Historical Figures==
	==Religious leaders (]s, ]kim)==
	* ], the Baal Shem Tov (ca 1700-1760)
	* ] (1726-1791)
	* ] (1717-1786)
	* ] (d. 1772)

			===Politicians===
	==Soldiers, fighters==
			* ] (1886-1973), Israeli prime minister
			* ] (?), security minister in Communist Poland
			* ] (b. 1932), Polish foreign minister
			* ] (b. 1923), Israeli prime minister
			* ] (1895-1943), Polish Jewish leader

			===Military===
	* ] (1919-1943)		* ] (1919-1943)
	* ] (1764-1809)		* ] (1764-1809)
			* ] (1900-1986)
	* ] (1915-1952)		* ] (1915-1952)

	==~~Scientists~~==		===Activists===
			* ] (b. 1908), anti-nuclear campaigner
	* ], archaeologist
			* ] (1900-1959), human rights lawyer
	* ]
			* ] (1870-1919), Marxist
	* ]
			* ] (b. 1946), dissident
			* ] (1810-1892), feminist

			===Criminals===
			* ] (1902-1983), gangster

			==Religious Figures==
			* ] (the Baal Shem Tov) (ca 1700-1760), Hasiddic rabbi
			* ] (1726-1791), messiah claimant
			* ] (1717-1786), Hasiddic rabbi
			* ] (d. 1772), Hasiddic rabbi

			==Scientists & Academics==
			* ], historian
			* ], engineer: ]
			* ], physicist, Nobel prize (1992)
			* ], mathematician: ]
			* ], physicist
			* ], biochemist: ]
			* ], chemist and writer, Nobel prize (1981)
			* ], computer scientist: ] compression
			* ], mathematician: ]
			* ], mathematician
			* ], chemist, Nobel prize (1950)
			* ], inventor of the oral ]
			* ], endocrinologist, Nobel prize (1977)
			* ], logician
	* ], doctor and inventor of ]		* ], doctor and inventor of ]

	==~~Writers,~~ ~~poets~~==		==Cultural Figures==

			===Arists===
	===Writing in ]===
	* ] ~~(1900-1966)~~		* ], architect
			* ], fashion designer

			===Musicians===
			* ] (1911-2000), pianist
			* ], violinist
			* ], pianist
			* ], pianist
			* ], harpsichordist

			===Screen & Stage===
			* ], film producer
			* ], stage actress
			* ] (b. 1933), film director
			* ] (b. 1945), film producer
			* ], film producers

			==Writers==

			===Polish-language===
	* ] (1878-1942), children's writer and educator		* ] (1878-1942), children's writer and educator
	* ]
	* ] (1899-1956)		* ] (1899-1956)
	* ] (1892-1942)		* ] (1892-1942)
	* ] (1895-1976)		* ] (1895-1976)
	* ] (b. 1940)
	* ] (1894–1953)		* ] (1894–1953)

	===~~Writing in ]~~===		===Yiddish-language===
	* ]		* ]
			* ] (1904-1991), Nobel prize (1978)
	* ] (1852-1919)
	* ]		* ]
	* ] (1904-1991)

	==Other ~~artists~~==		===Other Writers===
			* ], Hebrew writer, Nobel prize (1966)
	* ] (b. 1933), film director
			* ], Russian poet
	* ] (1911-2000), composer
	* ], actress

			==Business Figures==
	==Politicians==
			* ] & ], founders of ]
	===In Poland===
			* ], founder of ]
	* ] (b. 1946)
	* ] (b. 1932)
	* ] (1895-1943)

	==~~=In~~ ]===		==Sports Figures==
	* ] ~~(1913-1992)~~		* ], chess player
	* ] ~~(1886-1973)~~		* ], chess player
			* ], long- and triple-jumper (4 Olympic golds)
	* ] (b. 1923)
			* ], sprinter (7 medals over 4 Olympics)

	==Journalists==
	* ] (b. 1946), '']''
	* ] (b. 1933), '']''
	* ] (Konstanty Gebert)

	==Business people==
	* ], entrepreneur
	* ], publisher of the Universal Encyclopaedia,
	* ] (1833-1900), textile tycoon
	* ] (b. 1947), publisher
	* ] (b. 1945), film producer
	* ], founder of Warsaw Technical College

	==Controversial Persons==
	* ] (1919-)
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]

			''See also'': ], ], ]
	==See also==
	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]

	]		]

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From the Middle Ages until the Holocaust, Jews were a significant part of the Polish population. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, known for its religious tolerance as a "Jewish paradise", attracted numerous Jews who fled persecution from other European countries. By the Second World War Poland had the largest Jewish population in the world (about 3 million), most of whom were then killed by the Nazis. Poland was therefore a major spiritual and cultural center for the Ashkenazi Jewry for many centuries, and many of Europe's famous Jews were born in Poland.

Many Polish Jews contributed to Jewish culture and religious teaching. There were also many who assimilated with Poles and made great contributions to Polish cultural, economic and political life; including Jews who were ardent Polish patriots.