page_title: Saul Amsterdam
hierarchical_section_title: Saul Amsterdam
caption_attribution_description: English: Saul Amsterdam (1898-1937) Polish communist, leader of Communist Party of Poland, executed by NKVD during The Great Purge 1st of November 1937 - Picture from the arrest of Saul Amsterdam in April 1937 by the NKVD. (the original of picture is located in KGB archives, copy in archive of KARTA Center)
context_page_description: Saul Amsterdam, also known as Gustaw Henrykowski, was a Polish communist activist, a lawyer by profession. Initially, a member of the Poale Zion 1918–1921, and from 1923, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Poland. Between 1933-1934 Amsterdam was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the KPP. He also was a journalist and involved in the activities of the Communist International.
  Amsterdam was executed in the Great Purge in Moscow in 1937.
context_section_description: Saul Amsterdam (17 March 1898, Nowy Sącz – 1 November 1937), also known as Gustaw Henrykowski, was a Polish communist activist, a lawyer by profession. Initially, a member of the Poale Zion 1918–1921, and from 1923, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Poland (KPP). Between 1933-1934 Amsterdam was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the KPP. He also was a journalist and involved in the activities of the Communist International.
  Amsterdam was executed in the Great Purge in Moscow in 1937.
caption: Saul Amsterdam after being arrested by the NKVD in 1937.
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