Ignacy Schiper

Ignacy Schiper (November 9, 1884 – early July 1943) was a Galician-born Jewish Polish historian and political activist.

[4] He initially served as a representative of Poale Zion, although he broke with doctrine Marxism and joined the General Zionists.

[6] Following the German invasion of Poland, Schiper was actively involved with the Jewish Self-Help Society (Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna) in the Warsaw Ghetto.

He opposed armed resistance in 1942 and favored helping select individuals escape to the Aryan side.

He was ultimately seized from a bunker during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and sent to Majdanek, where he was murdered in early July 1943.