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Friedman, Philip (1901-1960), historian, who studied at the universities of Lvov and Vienna and who was awarded a doctorate for his thesis on "Galizischen Juden im Kampfe ihre Gleichberechtigung 1848-68" ("The Jews of Galicia during their struggle for Equality 1848-68:). He went on to conduct further research into the history of the Jews of Poland during the 19th century. In particular he became an expert on the Jews of Lodz. He taught history at the Jewish High School in Lodz and the Institute of Jewish Studies in Warsaw, Poland. He wrote Hebrew text books for schools. He spent World War 2 hiding out in Lvov.

After the liberation he went to Lublin where he organized the Central Jewish Historical Commission, later known as the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw which researched and documented the fate of Polish Jewry in the war. In 1946 he moved to the American Zone of Germany where he was asked to organize an educational project for Holocaust survivors. In 1948 he emigrated to the USA where he directed the Jewish Teachers Institute in New York. Friedman also lectured on Jewish history at Columbia University.

He undertook a number of projects for Yad Vashem and wrote several books on the Holocaust.

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