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Bolesław Drobner

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Bolesław Drobner
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City mayor of Wrocław
In office
14 March 1945 – 9 June 1945
Succeeded byAleksander Wachniewski
Senior Marshal of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
Personal details
Born(1883-06-28)28 June 1883
Kraków
Died31 March 1968(1968-03-31) (aged 84)
Kraków
PartyPolish Socialist Party
Polish United Workers' Party

Bolesław Drobner (28 June 1883 – 31 March 1968) was a Polish politician.

Biography

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Drobner was born into an assimilated Jewish middle-class family in Kraków, and graduated from the King John III Sobieski Gymnasium. After studies in Berlin, Lwów, and Zürich, he earned a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Freiburg.[1] Drobner joined the Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia in 1898, and then the Polish Socialist Party;[2] during his time abroad, he was also a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland.[1]

At the outbreak of World War I Drobner joined the Polish Legions, before being conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian Army. During the interwar period he advocated for collaboration between the Polish Socialist Party and the communist movement, and was arrested several times for participating in strikes and demonstrations.[1]

At the invasion of Poland and start of World War II, Drobner sought refuge in Soviet-occupied Lwów. He was detained by the NKVD and deported to Cheboksary.[1] Upon his release in 1943, he joined the pro-Soviet Union of Polish Patriots and later the Polish Committee of National Liberation (PKWN). From 1944 he headed the ministries of labour, health and social welfare within the PKWN.[2] On 13 May 1945 he led a PKWN delegation to Żagań, pledging allegiance of his town to the Soviet Union.[3]

In 1945, Drobner became the first Polish mayor (president) of Wrocław (former Breslau) and was deputy to State National Council and then to Polish Sejm (national legislature). He was a senior marshal of the latter institution in 1957, 1961 and 1965.

He was also a notable supporter of the artistic group Piwnica pod Baranami.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bolesław Drobner". Encyklopedia Krakowa. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Akta Bolesława Drobnera". Szukaj w Archiwach. National Digital Archives. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  3. ↑ MacDonogh, Giles (2007). After the Reich. From the Liberation of Vienna to the Berlin Airlift. London: John Murray. p. 173.
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