Wilhelm (Wolf) Falleck (1887-1941) - Polish teacher of Jewish descent, literature historian, critic and theater historian, journalist.
| Wilhelm (Wolf) Falleck | |
|---|---|
| polish Wilhelm fallek | |
| Date of Birth | December 24, 1887 |
| Place of Birth | Willy |
| Date of death | 1941 |
| A place of death | |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire →  Poland |
| Occupation | Teacher, historian of literature and theater, critic, journalist |
Biography
Wilhelm Falleck was born December 24, 1887 in the family of a manufacturer. He worked as an accountant, an assistant to the merchant, while simultaneously studying in absentia, having passed exams in 1909 for the full course of the St. Anna's Cracow Gymnasium. In 1913 he graduated from the Law Faculty of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow , in 1915 received a doctorate in law. Since the early 1920s, he was actively engaged in journalism and journalistic activities.
Falleck began to be published in Polish periodicals as a student. The main genre of his published materials is theater reviews. Later, he was the head of the literary department of the Krakow magazine "New Journal", was a permanent theater reviewer.
Since 1923 he lived in the city of Lodz , worked as a polonist teacher at the Male Grammar School of the Society of Jewish High Schools. He collaborated with a number of Lodz print media, including the newspapers Morning Voice, Pravda, Respublika, and many Jewish and Polish-Jewish magazines. He was a member of the board of the Polish Society of Polonists, a member of the editorial board of the Polonistic Works, and lectured on Polish literature. He published a number of works on the history of Polish theater. In August 1923, Falleck was included in the Committee for the Construction of the Lodz City Theater.
After the occupation of Poland by German troops in November 1939, as a Jew, Falleck was sent to Brody. He was the director of a general school. His wife and daughter were killed by the invaders in Czestochowa . In July 1941, Falleck was executed along with a large group of representatives of the Jewish population near Brody. During the war, he died and collected a large archive of books.
Compositions
- Świat biblijny w twórczości J. Kochanowskiego ("Kultura staropolska" 1930),
- Szkice żydowskie i studia o wpływie Biblii na literaturę polską , Warszawa-Łódź 1931
- Motywy biblijne w “Panu Tadeuszu” Mickiewicza Łódź 1931,
- II cz. "Dziadów" A. Mickiewicza Łódź 1932,
- Scena łódzka pod dyrekcją Aleksandra Zelwerowicza. Kartka z dziejów teatru łódzkiego (1908-1911) , Łódź 1937,
- Z dziejów sceny łódzkiej. Teatr Zelwerowicza w Łodzi w r. 1920/21 Łódź 1938,
- Cztery sezony teatru łódzkiego. (Dyrekcja Szyfmana i Gorczyńskiego 1925/27 i Dyrekcja Gorczyńskiego 1927/29) Łódź 1939,
- przygotował do druku i wstępem opatrzył Pieśń nad pieśniami w przekładzie Z. Bromberga-Bytkowskiego Łódź 1924,
- W księdze zbiorowej Żydzi w Polsce Odrodzonej (Warszawa 1931) znajduje się jego rozprawa Twórczość Żydów na polu literatury polskiej do r. 1918 (t. 2 s. 74-90).
Bibliography
- Kempa Andrzej, Szukalak Marek Żydzi dawnej Łodzi. Słownik biograficzny Żydów łódzkich oraz z Łodzią związanych. Tom II AZ , Łódź 2002, Oficyna Bibliofilów, ISBN 83-87522-52-X , s. 101,
- Löw R., Rzecz o Wilhelmie Falleku, “Tygiel Kultury” Łódź, nr 1-2 / 1997,
- Spodenkiewicz Paweł, Zaginiona dzielnica. Łódź żydowska - ludzie i miejsca, Łódzka Księgarnia Niezależna, Łódź 1998, ISBN 83-900619-1-0 ,
- Baranowski K., Żydowskie średnie szkoły ogólnokształcące w Łodzi w latach 1918-1939 , “Biuletyn ŻIH”, Warszawa 1981, nr 3,
- Mostowicz A., Łódź, moja zakazana miłość , Oficyna Bibliofilów, Łódź 1999, ISBN 83-86058-42-0 ,
- Puś Wiesław Żydzi w Łodzi w latach zaborów 1793-1914 , Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2001, ISBN 83-7171-411-4 ,
- Dzieje Żydów w Łodzi 1820-1944. Wybrane problemy. Pod redakcją Wiesława Pusia i Stanisława Liszewskiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 1991, ISBN 83-7016-571-0 ,
- Polski Słownik Biograficzny (Stefania Skwarczyńska) t. VI.