Red Army reached Brzeziny. Twin towns Brzeziny is twinned with: Saint-Alban, Haute-Garonne, France, since 2010 Salgareda, Italy, since 2010 Notable residents Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (1503-1572), Polish Renaissance scholar, humanist and theologian, called "the father of Polish democracy." Grzegorz Paweł z Brzezin (ca. 1525-1591), Socinian writer and theologian Adam Burski or Bursius (ca. 1560–1611), Polish philosopher Abraham Icek Tuschinski (1886-1942), businessman Georg Wannagat (1916-2006), jurist Zbigniew Zamachowski (1961-), Polish actor References External links Official town webpage Brzeziny Memorial Book Cities and towns in Łódź Voivodeship Brzeziny County Piotrków Governorate Łódź Voivodeship (1919–1939) Populated places established in the 13th century Shtetls