Karol Estreicher (junior)

Tomb of the Estreicher family, where Karol Estreicher, Jr. is buried

Karol Estreicher (4 March 1906 in Kraków – 29 April 1984 in Kraków) was a Polish historian of art, writer and bibliographer, recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta, son of Stanisław Estreicher.

He was a professor at Jagiellonian University and served as the head of the university's museum. He was engaged in the restitution of Polish works of art looted during World War II.

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