The inimitable Henryk Halkowski, one of foremost (and colorful) Jewish personalities in contemporary Poloand, died in Krakow of a sudden heart attack around midnight the night of Jan. 1-2...He had turned 57 only a few days earlier.
A writer, translator and consumate luftmensch, Henryk possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of Jewish culture , lore, heritage and history in Krakow and introduced me and countless others to many of the citys Jewish mysteries.
Henryk was unique. I will write more about him in a later post.
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please tell me about your times with henryk I only found out yesterday he had died and am so saddened. I loved him. He loved all Jews. How did you know him? Did you meet his freind Marta the artist?
ReplyDeleteShe is not doing well.
Please be in touch with me thanks
Julian Ungar MD
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did u ever write more about him?
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