Icchak Cukierman

Icchak Cukierman

male, deceased (1981)
World War II, nom de guerre, Polish resistance fighter, warsaw ghetto uprising, JewishPolishhistory, Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
Icchak Cukierman, also known by his nom de guerre "Antek", or by the anglicised spelling Yitzhak Zuckerman, was one of the leaders of the Warsaw...
Marek Edelman

Marek Edelman

male, 87 years old
Jewish, Solidarity, Order of the White Eagle, Armia Krajowa, martial law in Poland, Łódź…General Jewish Labor Union, polish, Polish resistance fighter, Jewish person, JewishPolishhistory
Marek Edelman is a Jewish-Polish political and social activist, cardiologist, and the last living leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Born in...
Jakub Berman

Jakub Berman

male, deceased (1984)
Anti-Revisionists, josef stalin, Russian Empire, polish, minsk, marxism…Jewish person, JewishPolishhistory, Polish United Workers' Party, Polish Workers' Party, Polish-German-Soviet War
Jakub Berman (born December 26, 1901, in Warsaw, then Russian Empire - died April 10, 1984), was a Polish communist politician of Jewish origin. As...
Mordechaj Anielewicz

Mordechaj Anielewicz

male, deceased (1943)
Jewish person, invasion of poland, socialist, Recipient of Virtuti Militari, polish, soviet…Polish resistance fighter, JewishPolishhistory
Mordechai Anielewicz, also known as ŻOB, during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Born to a poor family in Wyszków near Warsaw, he joined and became a le...

Adam Czerniaków

male, deceased (1942)
German, Judenrat, World War II ghettos, suicide by poison, Polish-Jewish, Treblinka extermination camp…JewishPolishhistory, Jewish person, polish, Jewish Council
Adam Czerniaków was a Polish-Jewish engineer and senator, born in Warsaw, Poland. He committed suicide in the Warsaw Ghetto on July 23, 1942. He s...
Berek Joselewicz

Berek Joselewicz

male, deceased (1809)
Recipient of Virtuti Militari, polish, lithuanian, galicia, kaunas, French Revolution…Jewish person, JewishPolishhistory, Polish Army, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish Legions
Berek Joselewicz was a Jewish-Polish merchant and a colonel of the Polish Army during the Kościuszko Uprising. Joselewicz commanded the first J...
Szmul Zygielbojm

Szmul Zygielbojm

male, deceased (1943)
JewishPolishhistory, bund, polish, socialism, the holocaust, Jewish person…Jewish, Polish Government in Exile, General Jewish Labor Union
Szmul Zygielbojm, sometimes spelled Zygelbojm or Zigelboim, (February 21, 1895 - May 12, 1943) was a Jewish-Polish socialist politician, leader of...
Władysław Szpilman

Władysław Szpilman

male, deceased (2000)
Władysław “Władek” Szpilman, Holocaust, Classical composer, film score composer, World War II, writer…polish, Jewish person, JewishPolishhistory, Jewish
Władysław “Władek” Szpilman was a Polish pianist, composer, and memoirist. Outside Poland, Szpilman is widely known as the protagonist of the Rom...

Henryk Iwański

male, deceased (1978)
Polish Jew, Holocaust, second world war, nom de guerre, captain, Polish resistance fighter…JewishPolishhistory, Polish Army, Polish September Campaign, Polish resistance during WWII
Henryk Iwański, nom de guerre Bystry, was a member of the Polish resistance during WWII. He is known for leading one of the most daring actions of t...
Jacob Frank

Jacob Frank

male, deceased (1791)
king david, Frankism, Jewish Messiah, messianic, Hassidism, christian bible…JewishPolishhistory, Jewish person, Jewish Messiah claimants, polish
Jacob Frank was an 18th century Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi, and also...