| People of the Ghetto

Noemi Wigdorowicz-Makowerowa (1912-2015)

A doctor and dentist, a long-time researcher at the Medical University of Wrocław. She was born in Warsaw on November 24, 1912, to a family

Arthur Gold (1897–1943)

Composer, conductor, violinist, and co-founder of a dance orchestra. Artur Gold was born on March 17, 1897, in Warsaw.

Abraham Lewin (1893–1943)

Teacher, member of the Oneg Shabbat group, and author of a diary from the Warsaw Ghetto. Abraham Lewin was born in Warsaw in 1893.

Izabela Czajka Stachowicz (1893-1969)

Writer, chronicler of interwar Warsaw, muse to artists, awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Bella Szwarc,

Roman Kramsztyk (1885-1942)

Painter, illustrator, member of the elite Group of Five. One of the most recognizable artists of Polish descent in Poland and abroad.

Szlamek Szuster (1926-1943)

A hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Szlamek (born Szlama Lejb) Szuster was born in Pruszków, probably on April 6th.

Rabbi Menachem Ziemba (1883-1943)

Known as the Gaon of Warsaw, the Warsaw Gaon, or Menachem Pragier, one of the rabbis of the Warsaw Ghetto, author of religious works, and scholar

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.

Adam Czerniaków (1880-1942)

Engineer, economic, educational and social activist, publicist, Warsaw councilor (1927–1934), long-time councilor and commissioner president of the Jewish Community

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