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Jan Bloch in Poland

LucernE, MaY 2010. Jan Bloch in Poland. by Krzysztof Szwarc, Witold Kmiecik and Katarzyna Szwarc . Who was Jan G. Bloch? Jan Bloch Society and its achievements (1987 – 2007) Central Military Library Exhibition Łęczna Exhibition Jan Bloch Foundation Publications on Jan Bloch

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Jan Bloch in Poland

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  1. LucernE, MaY 2010 Jan Bloch in Poland by Krzysztof Szwarc, Witold Kmiecik and Katarzyna Szwarc

  2. Who was Jan G. Bloch? • Jan Bloch Society and its achievements(1987 – 2007) • Central Military Library Exhibition • Łęczna Exhibition • Jan Bloch Foundation • Publications on Jan Bloch • Jan Bloch by Professor Jan Kołodziejczyk • Pranks of History by Andrzej Żor • The Future ofWar by Jan G. Bloch (selection by Dr Grzegorz Bąbiak) • Anthropology of Sewage by Dr Włodzimierz Pessel • Jan Bloch in our awareness Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  3. Who was jan bloch? Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  4. Jan Gottlieb Bloch(1836 – 1902) • Son of poor Jewish cloth dyer from Radom • Page working in front desk of a Warsaw banker • Scribe in a frontier land estate • One of most active business leaders of the Kingdom of Poland • Prince of Railways • Tireless pacifist • Brilliant and versatile man • The first Polish candidate to the Nobel Prize Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  5. Jan bloch society and its achievements(1987-2007) Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  6. Jan bloch society Established in 1987 Founders of the Society: Aleksander Bocheński, Peter Van den Dungen, Andrzej Werner. Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  7. FOUNDING FATHERSof Jan Bloch Society Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  8. „Jan Bloch, Varsovian Extraordinary” Written by Elżbieta Małecka Published in Warsaw, in 2002 Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved. 8

  9. War and peace museum in lucernE, Warsaw,february 2004 Swiss – Polish exhibition at the Central Military Library in Warsaw Under the honorary patronage of Minister of National Defence and Swiss Ambassador to Poland Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

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  13. War and peace museum in lucernE, Łeczna, March 2007 Three years later the same exhibition was shown in the Regional Museum in Łęczna Łęczna is a small town, close to Lublin Jan Bloch bought land estate in Łęczna in 1879 The real estate in Łęczna was one of the largest in contemporary Poland Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

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  16. Owners of leczna estate in the years 1800-1944 by Ewa J. Leśniewska Bloch was also a member of the landed gentry He purchased a land estate in Łęczna in the Lublin region The author was the custodian of Łęczna Regional Museum Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  17. Jan bloch foundation • Set up in March 2005 • At the initiative of Krzysztof Szwarc • www.bloch.org • The website runs in 3 three languages- Polish, English and German (although not all the articles are translated into German) Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  18. Publications on jan bloch Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  19. Jan bloch (1836-1902). Sketch for a portrait of the prince of polish railways. by Professor Ryszard Kołodziejczyk Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  20. Pranks of history by Andrzej Żor Published in Warsaw, in 2005 Part of the series called Extraordinary Biographies devoted to persons merited in shaping the history Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  21. The future of war by Jan G. Bloch (selection and introduction by dr Grzegorz Bąbiak) Published in 2005 by Polish Institute of International Affairs Consists of most poignant excerpts from The Future of War Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  22. Anthropology of SEWAGE by dr Włodzimierz Pessel Published in Warsaw, in 2010 Contains description of the famous dispute between the Warsaw Mayor Sokrates Starynkiewicz and JanBloch as to the canalization system in Warsaw Publication partly sponsored by Jan Bloch Foundation Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  23. Jan bloch chapel in powazki cemetery The conservation work was finalised thanks to Mr. Jerzy Waldorff - Honarary Member of the Society and organizer of renovation of the Old Powązki (died in December 1999) The history of conservation work was presented during one of the scholarly conferences Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved.

  24. What can we do today not to let jan bloch fall into oblivion? Jan Bloch Foundation. All rights reserved. 24

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