Berek Joselewicz

Berek Joselewicz
Berek Joselewicz
	Lithograph (publ. in 1904)
Born	17 September 1764; Kretinga, Samogitia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died	May 5, 1809 (aged 44); Battle of Kock, Kock, Poland
Cause of death	Killed in action
Other names	Dow Baer Joselewicz
Awards	Virtuti Militari

Berek Joselewicz (17 September 1764 – 15 May 1809) was a Polish Jewish colonel of the Polish Army during the Kościuszko Uprising. Joselewicz commanded the first Jewish military formation in modern history excluding Prince Potemkin's Israelovsky Regiment.^[1]^[2] He was also a merchant and financial agent of the Polish magnate Prince Massalski.

^ Shmuel Spector; Geoffrey Wigoder (2001). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life: Before and During the Holocaust. New York University Press. p. 1426. ISBN 978-0-8147-9356-5.
^ M. Kasprzyk (2007), Berek Joselewicz : The Partitions of Poland: 1772 - 1795. Internet Archive.

[google1426-1] Shmuel Spector; Geoffrey Wigoder (2001). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life: Before and During the Holocaust. New York University Press. p. 1426. ISBN 978-0-8147-9356-5.

[kasprzyk-2] M. Kasprzyk (2007), Berek Joselewicz : The Partitions of Poland: 1772 - 1795. Internet Archive.

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Berek Joselewicz
Lithograph (publ. in 1904)
Born	(1764-09-17)17 September 1764 Kretinga, Samogitia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died	May 5, 1809(1809-05-05) (aged 44) Battle of Kock, Kock, Poland
Cause of death	Killed in action
Other names	Dow Baer Joselewicz
Awards	Virtuti Militari