Prasquier was born as Ryszard Praszkier in Gdańsk , Poland , on 7 July 1945 to Holocaust survivors who wanted to emigrate to the United States after the 1946 Kielce pogrom against Jews in Poland , but decided to settle in France . After his schooling at the Lycée Charlemagne in Paris and studies in medicine which he completed with a Ph.D , Richard Prasquier became a cardiologist and later the director of the '' Hôpital Beaujon '' in Paris . In 1989 , he was a founding member of the '' Association des Médecins d’Origine Polonaise de France '' , a grouping of French doctors of Polish origin
Kielce pogrom
Kielce pogrom
Richard Prasquier