
People of the Ghetto


18.06.2025
Lejb “Lutek” Rotblat (1918–1943)
Activist in Ha-Noar Ha-Tzioni and Akiba, member of the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB), an active participant in the Jewish resistance movement and a hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

04.06.2025
Rachel Zilberberg “Sarenka” (1920–1943)
Activist of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tzair, member of the Jewish resistance, fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

22.05.2025
Arie Wilner, alias Jurek (1917-1943)
A leader of the Ha-Shomer Ha-Tzair organization, one of the founders and commanders of the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB), a heroic liaison between ŻOB and the Home Army (AK) on the "Aryan side," participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. A poet.

07.05.2025
Mira Fuchrer (1920–1943)
Leader of the Ha-Shomer ha-Tzair movement, member of the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB), and heroine of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

30.04.2025
Mordechai Anielewicz (1919–1943)
Leader of the Ha-Shomer Ha-Tzair movement, commander of the Jewish Combat Organization, hero and a leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.


17.03.2025
Helena Ostrowska (1902-1944)
Opera singer, mezzo-soprano. She performed at the Femina Theatre and as a soloist at concerts with the Jewish Symphony Orchestra.

04.03.2025
Menachem Linder (1911-1942)
Talented scholar and social activist, founder of JIKOR (Jewish Cultural Organization in the Ghetto), collaborator of Oneg Shabbat, murdered on "Bloody Friday" in 1942.

14.02.2025
Jonas Turkow (15.02.1898 – 1.12.1988)
Actor, director, writer. A prominent figure in the pre-war Yiddish theater. Holocaust survivor.

05.02.2025
Leon (Lejb) "Arie" Rodal (29.01.1913 – 6.05.1943/27.04.1943)
Journalist, commander of the Jewish Military Union, hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.