Emanuel Scherer
{{Short description|Polish Jewish politician}}
Emanuel Scherer (1901 – 5 May 1977) was a Polish politician.
Life
Emanuel Scherer graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, and became active in the Bund youth movement there. Later he moved to Warsaw, where he continued to be an active politician in the Bund party, in 1935 joining its Central Committee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yivoarchives.org/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=34186|title=Emanuel Scherer (1901-1977)|website=www.yivoarchives.org|access-date=2020-04-27}}{{cite book|author=David Slucki|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BgCxZekvx50C&pg=PA19|title=The International Jewish Labor Bund after 1945: Toward a Global History|date=17 January 2012|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-5225-5|page=19}} In 1938 he was elected to the Warsaw City Council.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/1977/05/06/archive/emanuel-scherer-dead-at-75|title=Emanuel Scherer Dead at 75|date=1977-05-06|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}}
During World War II Scherer was able to escape to the West, where he took part in the work of the Polish government in exile. He was a member of the National Council of Poland and acted as the Bund's representative following Szmul Zygielbojm's death.
After the war, he emigrated to the United States, where he was a secretary in the International Jewish Labor Bund.
Scherer died in 1977.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/05/archives/emanuel-scherer-at-75-long-active-as-a-leader-of-jewish-labor-bund.html|title=Emanuel Scherer, at 75, Long Active as a Leader Of Jewish Labor Band|date=1977-05-05|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-27|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
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External links
- [https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn625787 Emanuel Scherer papers], USHMM
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Category:Polish emigrants to the United States
Category:General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland politicians
Category:Councillors in Warsaw
Category:Jagiellonian University alumni
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