Henryk Breit

Henryk Breit (1906 – 1941) was a Polish philologist and journalist. Born in Lwów (modern Lviv, Ukraine), he graduated from the philological faculty of the Jan Kazimierz University. Soon afterwards he received a doctorate at his alma mater and started professional career at the colleges in Stanisławów and then the prestigious 11th State Gymnasium in Lwów.

An active member of the Society of the Enthusiasts of the History of Lwów, he was also a tour guide and a journalist, prearing weekly broadcasts on Lwów and the Hutsuls. He was also the author of several books on his home town and a single ethnographic documentary on the Hutsul life (no copy survived World War II. Following the German and Soviet invasion of Poland, he was arrested and murdered in the Stanisławów prison, under unknown circumstances.

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