Aaron Kosminski

Aaron Kosminski was a Polish emigrant in England who is a suspect in the Jack the Ripper case.

Aaron Kosminski was born in Kodawa in Congress Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. His parents were Abram Jzef Kozmiski, a tailor, and his wife Golda ne Lubnowska. He may have been employed in a hospital as a hairdresser or orderly for a time. Aaron emigrated from Poland in 1880 or 1881, likely with his sisters families. The family initially lived in Germany for a while. A nephew of Aarons was born there in 1880 and a niece in 1881. It is not known precisely when Aaron left Poland to join his sisters or whether he lived in Germany for any length of time, although he may have left Poland as a result of the March 1881 pogroms following the assassination of Tzar Alexander II, the impetus for many other Jews to emigrate. The family moved to Britain and settled in London sometime in 1881 or 1882. His mother, who was listed as a widow, apparently did not emigrate with the family immediately, but had joined them by 1894. It is unknown whether his father died or abandoned the family, but

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