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Steinhaus, Ulam and many other mathematicians in the Lviv school were Jewish, and had to flee or go into hiding to survive the German occupation. Interesting th

Steinhaus, Ulam and many other mathematicians in the Lviv school were Jewish, and had to flee or go into hiding to survive the German occupation. Interesting that there is no mention of this in the article.

justnoise 9y ago
It's mentioned briefly through a single paragraph but not much beyond that. "He lived through the war under the name Grzegorz Krochmalny and hid in an estate near Lviv and at a manor neat Nowy Sącz. He gave private lessons in exchange for firewood, oil and milk. In his spare time he played chess and worked on designing a solar clock. During the war he resorted to solving serious mathematical equations by post but continuing his research from before the war was out of the question."
osipov 9y ago
Unfortunately today, Lviv remains hostile to Jews by celebrating[1] extreme nationalism. Something I experienced first hand due to my Jewish heritage. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera#Jews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera#Jews
- bobthechef 9y ago
  > Lviv remains hostile to Jews I'm not sure how that relates to the OP since the article is on a Polish website. "Remains hostile" seems to suggest it was hostile before WWII. Remember, Lviv today is largely Ukrainian (as was Bandera). Most Poles, Jew or gentile, were either expelled after or killed during the war.
  - NotSammyHagar 9y ago
    The wikipedia page on the city has a great description of the history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lviv https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lviv
bobthechef 9y ago
> Interesting that there is no mention of this in the article. Seems like you're suggesting malice. Frankly, I thought the article was poorly written and chaotic, omitting things I would have included. Also, not just Jews were targeted by the Germans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Lw%C3%B3w_professors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Lw%C3%B3w_professo...

justnoise 9y ago

It's mentioned briefly through a single paragraph but not much beyond that. "He lived through the war under the name Grzegorz Krochmalny and hid in an estate near Lviv and at a manor neat Nowy Sącz. He gave private lessons in exchange for firewood, oil and milk. In his spare time he played chess and worked on designing a solar clock. During the war he resorted to solving serious mathematical equations by post but continuing his research from before the war was out of the question."

osipov 9y ago

Unfortunately today, Lviv remains hostile to Jews by celebrating[1] extreme nationalism. Something I experienced first hand due to my Jewish heritage. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera#Jews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera#Jews

bobthechef 9y ago
> Lviv remains hostile to Jews I'm not sure how that relates to the OP since the article is on a Polish website. "Remains hostile" seems to suggest it was hostile before WWII. Remember, Lviv today is largely Ukrainian (as was Bandera). Most Poles, Jew or gentile, were either expelled after or killed during the war.
- NotSammyHagar 9y ago
  The wikipedia page on the city has a great description of the history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lviv https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lviv

bobthechef 9y ago

> Interesting that there is no mention of this in the article. Seems like you're suggesting malice. Frankly, I thought the article was poorly written and chaotic, omitting things I would have included. Also, not just Jews were targeted by the Germans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Lw%C3%B3w_professors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Lw%C3%B3w_professo...