Franciszek Paweł Raszeja

Franciszek Paweł Raszeja (April 2, 1896 in Chełmno – July 21, 1942 in Warsaw) was a Polish orthopaedic physician and academic teacher.

Raszeja was born on April 2, 1896, in Chełmno, (Kulm) in the family of a postal clerk, Ignacy and Maria, née Cichoń.

Raszeja led to the reopening of the orthopaedic hospital of the Poznań University in 1935 and took over its management, an action that a year later resulted in him being awarded the title of professor.

Raszeja contacted Professor Ludwik Hirszfeld, who was in the Warsaw Ghetto, and organized a blood donation campaign to help the Jewish population.

Raszeja was murdered in the apartment along with his patient Abe Gutnajer, his family, two Jewish doctors and a nurse by the Gestapo under the command of SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Höfle.