Memory 1943

Szmul Mordechaj Zygielbojm (pseudonym “Artur”) (1895–1943) – during the Second World War, he was the Jewish delegate to the London-based National Council of Poland. Protesting…

After the brief, initial period of surprise, the Germans launched a brutal pacification of the uprising.

When during the Ghetto Uprising their situation became more and more difficult, some of the fighters decided to make an attempt at getting through to…

Marek Edelman (born on 1 January 1919, died on 2 October 2009) – a cardiologist, a member of the Jewish Combat Organization and the Bund,…

Mira Fuchrer  (born in 1920 in Warsaw, died on 8 May 1943 in Warsaw) – a member of the Jewish Combat Organization and a heroine…

Members of the Jewish Military Union and the Jewish Combat Organization also engaged in intense battles in and around the workshops (manufacturing complexes producing assortments…

During the uprising, well-armed fighters of the Jewish Military Union put up a tenacious, three-day-long defence of Muranowski Square.

At dawn on 19 April 1943, the Germans launched a major offensive action.

The January Self-Defence resulted in the implementation of military training for youths (conspirators of the Jewish Combat Organization and the Jewish Military Union) and the…

January 1943 marked the moment when the Jewish milieux decided to put up armed opposition against the invader. On 18 January, acting on the orders…

In the summer and autumn of 1942, various new underground organizations were established, while those already in existence intensified their operations; the most important of…