| People of the Ghetto

Baruch Spigel (1919–2013)

A hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, he participated in the Warsaw Uprising. He was born Bronek Szpigel in 1919. After the outbreak of World War II,

Henryk Szaro (1900–1942)

Film and theater director, and screenwriter. Born in Warsaw as Henoch Szapiro, he spent his youth in Russia, graduating from high school.

Anna Margolis (1892–1987)

A physiopediatrician, professor of medical sciences, and educator, she was born into a Jewish family in Łódź, the daughter of merchant Karol.

Henryk Makower (1904–1964)

Physician and researcher, head of the infectious diseases ward at the Berson and Bauman Children's Hospital, professor of microbiology at the Medical University of Wrocław,

Teodozja Goliborska-Gołąb (1899–1992)

A doctor, head of the laboratory at the Bersohn and Bauman Children's Hospital, and a member of the Jewish Combat Organization. Before the war, Teodozja Goliborska led

Roman Rozental (1897–1943)

Painter, member of the Group of Seven. Rozental was born in Łódź, where he attended Jerzy Leman's drawing school and high school.

Mary Berg (1924–2013)

Author of "Diary from the Warsaw Ghetto." Born Miriam Wattenberg in Łódź, her father, Szaja, was an antiquarian bookseller.

Marek Edelman (01/01/1919–02/10/2009)

Cardiologist, member of the Jewish Combat Organization and the Bund, participant in two Warsaw uprisings, Knight of the Order of the White Eagle.

Hersh Berlinski (1908–1944)

Activist of Poale Zion-Left and the resistance movement during World War II, member of ŻOB, participant of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Warsaw Uprising

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