Marek Edelman

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Marek Edelman was a Polish-Jewish cardiologist and resistance leader best known as one of the key leaders of the Jewish Combat Organization during the Holocaust and a commander in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust survivor
Polish Jew
cardiologist
human
politician
resistance fighter
advocatedFor democracy in Poland
human rights
awardReceived Commander's Cross
surface form: Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Order of the Cross of Grunwald
Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
surface form: Order of the White Eagle
burialPlace Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw
causeOfDeath heart failure
citizenship Poland
countryOfBirth Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
countryOfDeath Poland
dateOfBirth 1919-01-01
dateOfDeath 2009-10-02
ethnicGroup Jews
familyName Edelman
fieldOfWork cardiology
medicine
fullName Marek Edelman self-link
givenName Marek
languageSpoken German
Polish
Russian
Yiddish
memberOf Jewish Combat Organization
movement Solidarność
surface form: Solidarity
notableFor leadership in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
role in the Jewish Combat Organization
notableWork memoirs about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
occupation cardiologist
physician
politician
social activist
participatedIn Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany
surface form: World War II resistance in Poland
placeOfBirth Homel
placeOfDeath Warsaw
politicalAlignment opposition to communist regime in Poland
religion Judaism
residence Warsaw
role commander in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
leader of the Jewish Combat Organization
workedAt Medical Academy of Łódź
Medical Academy of Łódź
surface form: Medical University of Łódź

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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commander Marek Edelman
Marek Edelman fullName Marek Edelman self-link
Jewish Combat Organization hasLeader Marek Edelman