Berek Joselewicz

Berek Joselewicz
Lithograph (publ. in 1904)
Born(1764-09-17)17 September 1764
Kretinga, Samogitia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
DiedMay 5, 1809(1809-05-05) (aged 44)
Battle of Kock, Kock, Poland
Cause of deathKilled in action
Other namesDow Baer Joselewicz
AwardsVirtuti Militari

Berek Joselewicz (17 September 1764 – 15 May 1809) was a Polish Jewish colonel of the Polish Army during the Kościuszko Uprising. Joselewicz commanded the first Jewish military formation in modern history excluding Prince Potemkin's Israelovsky Regiment.[1][2] He was also a merchant and financial agent of the Polish magnate Prince Massalski.

  1. ^ Shmuel Spector; Geoffrey Wigoder (2001). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life: Before and During the Holocaust. New York University Press. p. 1426. ISBN 978-0-8147-9356-5.
  2. ^ M. Kasprzyk (2007), Berek Joselewicz : The Partitions of Poland: 1772 - 1795. Internet Archive.