Zahariasz Artsztajn (1923-1943)
A hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and commander of one of the combat groups, Zahariasz Artsztajn was born on March 27, 1923, in Pruszków, in a house at 9 Kościuszki Street. He was the seventh child of Icek Wulf Artsztajn, a worker, and Zysla Rozencwajg. His family was connected to the Zionist movement – five of his siblings emigrated to Palestine before the outbreak of World War II, and he himself was also waiting to leave Poland. After graduating, he studied in Warsaw at a Jewish […]