Jacob Shatzky (also: Yaakov, or Yankev Shatski; in Polish: Szacki) (1893–1956) was a distinguished Jewish historian.
He received a traditional Jewish education and went on to study at universities in Lwów, Vienna, Berlin and Warsaw.
He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Warsaw in 1922 with a thesis on "The Jewish Question in the Kingdom of Poland During the Paskiewicz Era.
[3] Shatzky enlisted in Pilsudski's Legion and fought with distinction in the First World War; he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
He resigned from his post when it became clear that the government would not act to punish the perpetrators of the pogroms.