Marek Edelman
Military Person
1919 – 2009
Who was Marek Edelman?
Marek Edelman was a Jewish-Polish political and social activist and cardiologist. Before his death in 2009, Edelman was the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Before World War II, he was a General Jewish Labour Bund activist. During the war he co-founded the Jewish Combat Organization. He took part in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, becoming its leader after the death of Mordechaj Anielewicz. He also took part in the city-wide 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
After the war, Edelman remained in Poland and became a noted cardiologist. From the 1970s, he collaborated with the Workers' Defence Committee and other political groups opposing Poland's communist regime. As a member of Solidarity, he took part in the Polish Round Table Talks of 1989. Following the peaceful transformations of 1989, he was a member of various centrist and liberal parties. He also wrote books documenting the history of wartime resistance against the Nazi German occupation of Poland.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1919
Gomel - Parents
- Spouses
- Alina Margolis-Edelman
(1922 - 2008)
- Alina Margolis-Edelman
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Poles
- Nationality
- Poland
- Profession
- Education
- Medical Academy of Łódź
( - 1951)
- Medical Academy of Łódź
- Died
- Oct 2, 2009
Warsaw
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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