Bernard Shapiro,

ps. Besem, Witold (born 1866, died. 194 2) - Polish Socialist activist and labor union and the electrical engineer of Jewish descent, the father of Hannah Shapiro. During 1889-1891 he was co-organizer and member of the Union of Polish Workers. From 1899 he worked in the Polish Socialist Party (PPS), and after the split (in 1906) in the PPS-Left. In 1905 he was co-founder of the trade unions in the Polish Kingdom. He took an active part in educational and cultural work. Worked m.