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Today in Jewish History - May 8 / Nissan 30 |
1943 May 8, MORDECHAI ANIELEWICZ (Poland)
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Mordechai Anielewicz |
Photo credit: Meczenstwo Walka, Zaglada Zydów Polsce |
Commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was killed in the main bunker at Mila 18. The Germans blocked up the exits and began to propel gas into the bunker which contained over 100 fighters. Many of them killed themselves. Anielewicz had united the various factions, published a newsletter Neged Hazerem (Against the Stream) and started an urban kibbutz in Warsaw. Kibbutz Yad Mordechai is named after him.
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