Marek Edelman 1919-2009

     

Edelman, the last surviving leader of the World War II Jewish Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,
died October 2 2009 in Warsaw, Poland, aged 90.
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Warsaw, May 16 1943 at the BBC
A concise account at History Place, and an extensive detailed history at Wikipedia
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"Man is evil, by nature man is a beast," he told The Associated Press in 2008. Therefore people "have to be educated from childhood, from kindergarten, that there should be no hatred."

Legion d'honneur and Order of the White Eagle