People

Salomon Weinzieher was born in Białystok. He graduated from medical studies and settled in Będzin. He became the director of the hospital in Będzin and a member of the City Council. He was the president of the Jewish Community Board in Będzin. He became involved in social activism - he was the president of Towarzystwo Dobroczynności Wyznania Mojżeszowego in Będzin, a charity organization. In the years 1919-27 and 1938-39 he was a nonpartisan member of the Parliament. In 1925 he became the chairman of the city council of Będzin. During World War II he was imprisonedin the ghetto, where he probably died.