Mordechai Anielewicz

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Mordechai Anielewicz was a Jewish resistance leader during World War II who led the main Jewish fighting organization in the Warsaw Ghetto against Nazi forces.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish resistance fighter
World War II resistance member
human
burialPlace Warsaw
causeOfDeath suicide
citizenship Poland
commemoratedBy Israeli national ceremonies on Holocaust Remembrance Day
memorials at Yad Mordechai
conflict Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
World War II
countryOfBirth Poland
countryOfCitizenship Second Polish Republic
dateOfBirth 1919-12-03
dateOfDeath 1943-05-08
education Jewish schools in Warsaw
era Holocaust
ethnicGroup Jewish people
familyName Anielewicz
givenName Mordechai
hasHonor commemorative monuments in Israel
streets named after him in multiple cities
hasRepresentationIn Holocaust museums and exhibitions
inspired postwar Jewish resistance narratives
languageSpoken Hebrew
Polish
Yiddish
mannerOfDeath suicide
memberOf Hashomer Hatzair
Jewish Combat Organization
memorial Yad Mordechai kibbutz
movement Jewish resistance movement
Zionist youth movement
notableEvent defense of the bunker at 18 Mila Street
organization of armed resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto
notableRole symbol of Jewish armed resistance during the Holocaust
notableWork Leadership of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
occupation resistance leader
underground activist
opponent Nazi Germany
partOf Warsaw Ghetto Jewish underground
placeOfBirth Wyszków NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Warsaw Ghetto
placeOfResidence Warsaw
positionHeld commander of the Jewish Combat Organization
religion Judaism
residenceDuringEvent Warsaw Ghetto
sexOrGender male


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