Oskar Katzenellenbogen

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Płanetnicy literature group in Lwów. Oskar Katzenellenbogen is sitting to the right of Leopold Staff

Oskar Katzenellenbogen (born November 23, 1876 in Tłumacz near Stanisławów , † spring 1942 in Lemberg ), known under the pseudonym Ostap Ortwin , was a Polish journalist and literary critic.

Katzenellenbogen studied law at the University of Lemberg until 1899 . He began to attract attention early on through his original and witty reviews of literature. Katzenellenbogen, who has made a name for himself in Lviv literary circles as a charismatic person and critic, was accepted into the Lviv-Warsaw School of Philosophy and appointed President of the Lviv Literary Society.

After the invasion of German troops in 1941, a Jew who had converted to Christianity , initially lived in the Lviv ghetto . In the spring of 1942 he was shot dead on the street there.

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SURNAME Katzenellenbogen, Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ortwin, Ostap (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish journalist and literary critic
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Tłumacz near Stanisławów
DATE OF DEATH 1942
Place of death Lviv