Talk:Józef Walaszczyk

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Did you know... that Józef Walaszczyk had to collect one kilogram (2.2 lb) of gold within five hours to save 21 Jews?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Józef Walaszczyk had to collect one kilogram of gold within 5 hours to save 21 Jews? ^[1]
- ALT1:... that Józef Walaszczyk is described as "second" and "Polish Schindler"? ^[2]^[3]

Created/expanded by Foks17 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:18, 9 February 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Great work @Foks17:. I proofread the article and changed the wording in a few places, please check that I didn't accidentally change the meaning along with it. Otherwise, it's good to go.

Actually Checking again, it's very closely paraphrased to [1]. Can you bring some other sources into it/expand/reword sections? Spacepine (talk) 14:10, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your time to check it and your advice. I have expanded the article. Hope now it meets the requirements. Foks17 (talk) 23:18, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Foks17, looks good now. I prefer the first hook Spacepine (talk) 23:06, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

FYI reviewers, this is my first DYK review Spacepine (talk) 23:08, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Grądzka-Rejak, Martyna (November 2018). Szczepaniak, Mateusz (ed.). ""A drop within the vastness of human misfortune". The story of Józef Walaszczyk | Polscy Sprawiedliwi". sprawiedliwi.org.pl. Translated by Andrew Rajcher. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
^ Sosnowska, Anna (15 October 2016). "Uratował życie 53 Żydom. Rozmowa z "drugim Schindlerem"". Aleteia Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.
^ Węgłowski, Adam (16 February 2011). "Polski Schindler". www.focus.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.

Which Lidzbark?

In June 1939, Walaszczyk was taking part in the military preparatory course near Lidzbark Warmiński. Lidzbark Warmiński was far behind the German border back then. Lidzbark Welski, however, was already part of Poland. 195.187.108.130 (talk) 17:18, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Grądzka-Rejak, Martyna (November 2018). Szczepaniak, Mateusz (ed.). ""A drop within the vastness of human misfortune". The story of Józef Walaszczyk | Polscy Sprawiedliwi". sprawiedliwi.org.pl. Translated by Andrew Rajcher. Retrieved 2020-02-08.

[2] Sosnowska, Anna (15 October 2016). "Uratował życie 53 Żydom. Rozmowa z "drugim Schindlerem"". Aleteia Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.

[3] Węgłowski, Adam (16 February 2011). "Polski Schindler". www.focus.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.

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