That's interesting, I've never heard that before, do you have a reference? Thanks
The 20 years between the wars were an amazing time in Poland. It was perhaps the best time in Polish history of mathematics, with remarkable contributions from Stefan Banach and his other Lvov friends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Banach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w_School_of_Mathematics