Aaron Kosminski

{{short description|Polish barber and Jack the Ripper suspect}}

{{short description|Russian-Jewish barber and Jack the Ripper suspect}}

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| occupation = Hairdresser

| occupation = Hairdresser

| nationality = [[Polish people|Polish]]

| nationality = [[Russian-Jew people|Russian]]

| known_for = [[Jack the Ripper]] suspect

| known_for = [[Jack the Ripper]] suspect

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'''Aaron Kosminski''' (born '''Aron Mordke Kozmiński'''; 11 September 1865 – 24 March 1919) was a Polish hairdresser who is a [[Jack the Ripper suspects|suspect]] in the [[Jack the Ripper]] murders of 1888.

'''Aaron Kosminski''' (born '''Aron Mordke Kozmiński'''; 11 September 1865 – 24 March 1919) was a Russian-Jew hairdresser who is a [[Jack the Ripper suspects|suspect]] in the [[Jack the Ripper]] murders of 1888.

Kosminski was a [[Polish Jew]] who emigrated from [[Congress Poland]] to England in the 1880s. He worked as a hairdresser in [[Whitechapel]] in the [[East End of London]], where [[Whitechapel murders|a series of murders]] ascribed to an unidentified person nicknamed "Jack the Ripper" were committed in 1888. Beginning in 1891, Kosminski was institutionalised after he threatened his sister with a knife. He was first held at [[Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum]] and then transferred to the [[Leavesden Hospital|Leavesden Asylum]].

Kosminski was a [[Polish Jew]] who emigrated from [[Congress Poland]] to England in the 1880s. He worked as a hairdresser in [[Whitechapel]] in the [[East End of London]], where [[Whitechapel murders|a series of murders]] ascribed to an unidentified person nicknamed "Jack the Ripper" were committed in 1888. Beginning in 1891, Kosminski was institutionalised after he threatened his sister with a knife. He was first held at [[Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum]] and then transferred to the [[Leavesden Hospital|Leavesden Asylum]].