Ryszard Świętochowski

Ryszard Świętochowski (17 September 1882 in Warsaw{{cite book |title=Zeszyty historyczne |date=1973 |publisher=Instytut Literacki |page=150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EA5pAAAAMAAJ&q=Ryszard+%C5%9Awi%C4%99tochowski+%E2%80%9E17+wrze%C5%9Bnia+1882%E2%80%9D |access-date=9 November 2024 |language=pl}} – 1941 in Auschwitz) was a Polish politician, publicist and engineer. He was the son of Aleksander Świętochowski.

Swiętochowski was an activist of SP and People's Party, co-worker of general Władysław Sikorski, editor-in-chief of the weekly magazines Zwrot and Odnowa and author of several scientific works in physics.{{cite web |title=Świętochowski Ryszard, Encyklopedia PWN: źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy |url=https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/swietochowski-ryszard;3984640 |website=encyklopedia.pwn.pl |access-date=9 November 2024 |language=pl}}

During the Second World War and the German occupation of Poland, he was murdered in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.{{cite book |last1=Bednarczyk |first1=Tadeusz |title=Obowiązek silniejszy od śmierci: wspomnienia z lat 1939-1944 o polskiej pomocy dla Żydów w Warszawie |date=1986 |publisher=Grunwald |isbn=978-83-00-00776-9 |page=102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-RJAAAAIAAJ&q=Ryszard+%C5%9Awi%C4%99tochowski+%E2%80%9E1941%22+O%C5%9Bwi%C4%99cim |access-date=9 November 2024 |language=pl}}