Wiktor Ormicki
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Born1 February 1898
Died17 September 1941 (aged 43)
Wiktor Rudolf Ormicki | |
|---|---|
Wiktor Rudolf Nusbaum | |
| Born | 1 February 1898 |
| Died | 17 September 1941 (aged 43) |
Wiktor Ormicki (born Wiktor Rudolf Nusbaum; 1 February 1898 – 17 September 1941) was a Polish geographer and cartographer, and a university professor.[1]
A specialist in economical geography and demography, he served at various posts in the Jagiellonian University, Free Polish University, Higher Trade School of Kraków and Lwów University.[1] He was the author of a major study, Rozwój polskiej myśli geograficzno-gospodarczej 1866–1929 (1932).[1]
In 1924, he changed his last name to Ormicki.[1] He was of Jewish descent. Arrested by the Germans during World War II in Sonderaktion Krakau, he was murdered in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.[citation needed]