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Polyak Meyer Yakovlevich (1888)

Personal data
SurnamePolyak
NameMeyer
PatronymYakovlevich
Birth year1888
Birth month1
Birth day7
Birth placeDvinsk
SexM

Polyak Meyer Yakovlevich (b. 7 January 1888, Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province – ?) — educator, physician.

Meyer Polyak graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Munich in 1914 and had his diploma confirmed at St. Vladimir University in Kyiv in the same year. From 1921 to 1925, he taught German at the Rezekne State Jewish Gymnasium.

He was married to Rivka Polyak (b. 1889); they had a son, Moisei (b. 1912), and a daughter, Susanna (b. 1918).

During the Second World War, he served in the ranks of the Red Army.