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Marek Edelman

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(1919–2009) Jewish resistance member

Person · Open Library

Born
1921
Died
2009
Works
10

Top works

  • Le-haḳdim et Elohim
  • Edelman
  • Ṿe-haytah gam ahavah be-Geṭo
  • Strażnik
  • Prosto się mówi, jak się wie

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Person
Country
US
Active from
1947-06-10

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38
Total plays
1,004

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Works
10
Cited by
36

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ArtPiHumanitiesPolitical sciencePhilosophy

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Quotes

  • To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed and never the oppressors.
  • Man is evil, by nature man is a beast. People have to be educated from childhood, from kindergarten, that there should be no hatred.
  • The Bundists did not wait for the Messiah, nor did they plan to leave for Palestine. They believed that Poland was their country and they fought for a just, socialist Poland, in which each nationality would have its own cultural autonomy, and in which minorities' rights would be guaranteed.

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Key facts

Born
1919 or 1922, Homel , Ukrainian People's Republic , or Warsaw , Poland
Died
( 2009-10-02 ) October 2, 2009 (aged 90 or 87), Warsaw, Poland
Buried
Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw
Allegiance
General Jewish Labour Bund , Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa , Armia Ludowa
Service years
1942–1944
Rank
Deputy commander ( ŻOB )
Conflicts
World War II Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Warsaw Uprising
Awards
French Legion of Honor , Order of the White Eagle , Yale University , honorary doctorate

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Marek Edelman (Yiddish: מאַרעק עדעלמאַן; 1919 or 1922 – October 2, 2009) was a Polish political and social activist and cardiologist. As a Jew, Edelman was the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Long before his death, he was the last one to stay in the Polish People's Republic despite harassment by the Polish United Workers' Party authorities.

Before World War II, he was a General Jewish Labour Bund activist. During the war he co-founded the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB). He took part in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, becoming its leader after the death of Mordechaj Anielewicz. He also took part in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

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