Shmuel Krakowski, Samuel Krakowski or Stefan Krakowski (Hebrew: שמואל קרקובסקי) (23 March 1926 – September 2018) was an Israeli historian specializing in the Holocaust in Poland. After surviving the Holocaust, Krakowski worked for the intelligence and security services of the People's Republic of Poland. Later he became a Director of the Yad Vashem Archives in Israel. Biography. Krakowski was born in Warsaw in a Polish-Jewish family to father Baruch and mother Miriam, but grew up in Łódź. At a young age he joined the Zionist youth organization Hashomer Hatzair.
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