  professor bronisÅaw geremek  (born benjamin lewertow;"mÃ³j polski brat (my polish brother)", interview with jerry lewart, by waldemar piasecki, 6 march 1932 - 13 july 2008) was a polish social historian and politician. == early life and education == geremek was born in warsaw on 6 march 1932. his father, a fur merchant, was murdered in auschwitz.bronisÅaw geremek : wystÄpienia his mother and he were smuggled out of the warsaw ghetto in 1943 and were sheltered by stefan geremek. geremek later married bronisÅaw's mother and bronisÅaw was further raised in a roman catholic tradition. in his adult life he considered himself neither a jew nor a catholic. his grandfather was a maggid, his brother jerry, living in new york is a jew and his sons living in poland are roman catholics. in 1954 bronisÅaw geremek graduated from the faculty of history at the warsaw university, and in 1956â1958 he completed postgraduate studies at the Ãcole pratique des hautes Ã©tudes in paris. he completed his phd in 1960 and in 1972 he was granted a postdoctoral degree at the polish academy of sciences (pan). in 1989 he was appointed associate professor. the chief domain of geremek's scholarly work was research on the history of culture and medieval society. his scholarly achievements included numerous articles and lectures, as well as ten books, which have been tr
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