University of Wrocław
The University of Wrocław was refounded as a Polish state university by the decree of the State National Council issued on 24 August 1945. The first lecture was given on 15 November 1945, by Ludwik Hirszfeld. Between 1952 and 1989 the university was named Bolesław Bierut University of Wrocław (Polish: "Uniwersytet Wrocławski im. Bolesława Bieruta") after Bolesław Bierut, President of the Republic of Poland (1947–52).