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Berek

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Berek may refer to:

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People

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In Polish, Berek is a diminutive of the names Baruch or Ber, and later a name in its own right.

  • Berek Freiberg, better known as Dov Freiberg (1927–2008), Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, writer, and witness at the Eichmann trial and the Demjanjuk case
  • Berek Joselewicz (1764–1809), Polish Jewish colonel of the Polish Army
  • Berek Lajcher (1893–1943), Polish Jewish physician and social activist, officer of the Polish Army
  • Jan Berek (1896–1986), Polish army officer
  • Jonathan Berek, Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Katalin Berek (1930–2017), Hungarian actress
  • Michael Berek, East German slalom canoeist
  • Peter Berek, Professor of English and Shakespearean scholar at Amherst College

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