Viktor Benke
1917–1945 (age 28)
Biography
Viktor Benke was born in 1917 and died in 1945, living through the interwar period and the Second World War. He resided in Greater Poland Voivodeship, a region central to Polish history and identity.
Benke's life represents the generation profoundly affected by the events of the 1940s. Though his years were limited, his memory endures as part of the historical record of those who lived through this consequential era in European history.