On April 19, 1943, a photograph was taken of Jewish men, women and children, surrounded by German soldiers, hands aloft to confirm their surrender. They had literally been smoked out of their hiding holes by a German army that had been humiliated by a small, determined band of Jewish fighters resisting the deportation to death camps of any remaining Warsaw ghetto inhabitants.
I wrote a piece today paying tribute to the leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish resistance fighters, and a few other things......Mordechai Anielewicz was the leader of these warriors......a 23-year-old Polish man.....there is a kibbutz in Israel named in his honor - Yad Mordechai - meaning....the hand of Mordechai.....which, kind of heartbreakingly, is very close to the border with the Gaza Strip......and is often hit with rockets and mortars during the frequent volatility along the border. No rest for Mordechai.....
Another kibbutz in the north of the country is named......Lohamei haGetao'ot......Ghetto Warriors.....
Just a couple of interesting tidbits. Thanks for being here. vb
I wrote a piece today paying tribute to the leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish resistance fighters, and a few other things......Mordechai Anielewicz was the leader of these warriors......a 23-year-old Polish man.....there is a kibbutz in Israel named in his honor - Yad Mordechai - meaning....the hand of Mordechai.....which, kind of heartbreakingly, is very close to the border with the Gaza Strip......and is often hit with rockets and mortars during the frequent volatility along the border. No rest for Mordechai.....
Another kibbutz in the north of the country is named......Lohamei haGetao'ot......Ghetto Warriors.....
Just a couple of interesting tidbits. Thanks for being here. vb