Józef Lewartowski
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Józef Lewartowski | |
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יוסף לעווארטאווסק י | |
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| Born | 10 May 1895 |
| Died | 25 August 1942 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Communist Party of Poland Polish Workers' Party |
| Movement | Jewish resistance Polish resistance |
Józef Lewartowski (
Nazi occupied Poland, co-founder of the Anti-Fascist Bloc.[2]
Biography
Józef Lewartowski was born in 1895 into a family of poor
September Campaign. Since 1941 he lived in Warsaw Ghetto. He joined the Polish Workers' Party and in March 1942 he founded of the Anti-Fascist Bloc. Józef Lewartowski died 25 August 1942, shot by Gestapo.[3] He has been awarded the Order of the Cross of Grunwald.[4]
English translations of two biographies written in
yizkor book Bielsk-Podliask – Book in the Holy Memory of the Bielsk Podliask Jews Whose Lives Were Taken During the Holocaust Between 1939 and 1944[5] are available online. There is a detailed eight-page biography,[6] and a brief biography.[7]
See also
- Polish resistance movement in World War II
- Jewish resistance under Nazi rule
References
- ^ Polski Słownik Judaistyczny, t. 2, Warszawa 2003
- ^ Polski Słownik Biograficzny, t. XVII, Warszawa 1972
- ^ Bernard Ber Mark, Walka i zagłada warszawskiego getta (1959)
- ISBN 83-11-07449-6
- ^ Bielsk-Podliask: Book in the Holy Memory of the Bielsk-Podliask Jews Whose Lives Were Taken During the Holocaust Between 1939 and 1944 (Bielsk-Podlaski, Poland) 1975
- ^ Yosef Levartovski, The Fighter and Revolutionary, Organizer of the Anti-Fascist Battle in the Warsaw Ghetto 1975
- ^ Three Heroes and Martyrs of Bielsk, Aharon Yosef Levartovski 1975
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