Saul Amsterdam

Saul Amsterdam (17 March 1898, Nowy Sącz – 1 November 1937), also known as Gustaw Henrykowski, was a Polish communist activist, a lawyer by profession. Initially, a member of the Poale Zion 1918–1921, and from 1923, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Poland (KPP). Between 1933-1934 Amsterdam was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the KPP. He also was a journalist and involved in the activities of the Communist International.

Saul Amsterdam after being arrested by the NKVD in 1937.

Amsterdam was executed in the Great Purge in Moscow in 1937.[1]

References
  1. Lerski, Halina (1996-01-19). Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. ABC-CLIO. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-313-03456-5.


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