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Dr. Rosmarin, Leader of Polish Jews, Dies in Israel

February 4, 1955
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Dr. Henry Rosmarin, former member of the prewar Polish Parliament and member of the World Jewish Congress executive, died here today at the age of 72.

A leading General Zionist, he was active in the prewar world Zionist movement, He was appointed the Polish consul in Tel Aviv in 1939 by the Polish Government-in-exile in London. For some 20 years he edited the Polish-language Jewish newspaper “Chwila,” in Lemberg, Poland. His election to the Polish Parliament came after the Republic was founded and he represented the Jews of Galicia.

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