Aleksander Zelwerowicz was born in this building on the 14th of August 1877. He was an outstanding actor, director, teacher, head of theatres in Łódź, Warsaw and Vilnius. For helping the Jews during World War II he received the title of the "Righteous Among the Nations", granted by Yad Vashem – the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes’ Rememberance Authority in Jerusalem. In 1946 he was awarded the commander's cross with the star of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He died in 1955 in Warsaw, where he was buried at the Powązki Cemetery.