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On the anniversary of the #WarsawGhettoUprising I would like to share, in a thread, the final letter written by Szmul Mordechaj Zygielbojm, a Jewish Pole exiled in London and serving as an advisor to the Polish Gvmnt-in-exile, before he died by suicide to protest inaction.
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The letter, addressed to Polish president Władysław Raczkiewicz and PM Władysław Sikorski, dated May 11 1943, is one of the most searing and painful letters I have ever seen. He’s just learned that his wife Manya & 16-year-old son Tuvia had been killed during the uprising.
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After all of his frantic efforts to get the Allies to do more were in all in vain, and as the uprising was being mercilessly crushed, he decided to sacrifice his own life in the hopes that it will stir them to action. I will share it in it’s entirety below:
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Heute ist nicht nur der 80. Jahrestag des Aufstandes im Warschauer Ghetto. In der Nacht auf den 20. April 1943 stoppten drei belgische Studenten den XX. Deportationszug nach Auschwitz mit einem Trick. Dutzende Juden schafften es, vom Zug zu springen. #WarsawGhettoUprising 1/5
Simon Gronowski, damals elf Jahre alt, war einer von ihnen. Seine Mutter und seine 16-jährige Schwester wurden von den Nazis in Auschwitz vergast. Er überlebte, von seinen katholischen Pfadfinderfreunden versteckt, 17 Monate im Untergrund. 2/5
2013 habe ich ihn für @DiePressecom interviewt. Ein großer Mann, der nach Jahrzehnten des Schweigens seine Geschichte an Schulen erzählt, aber sich auch für andere Verfolgte einsetzt. diepresse.com/1391677/ich-wa… 3/5
OTD in April 1943 the #WarsawGhettoUprising began. When German troops & auxiliaries entered the ghetto to deport the remaining c.60,000 inhabitants they found themselves in what appeared to be a deserted space. Then once far enough inside, the German force was ambushed. 1/7 
Jewish resistors, led by Mordechai Anielewitz, who'd gone into hiding on discovering the German plan in advance - attacked with flaming missiles. Isolated & unprepared, the German force had no choice but to retreat with embarrassment. This set a pattern for the days to come. 2/7
Humiliated & increasingly frustrated, the Germans changed their tactics. Under the command of SS Major Stroop a new approach was employed, with assault squads targeting key ghetto buildings & then setting them ablaze before withdrawing.
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Learn more: encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
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I’m an avid history geek 🤓 and I got this idea from @GippersChutzpah!
My follower count is currently stuck in the mid ages. I’ll tweet some Jewish history milestones from along the years, according to my follower count. So come on, I’m 4 followers short of the first story...
My follower count is currently stuck in the mid ages. I’ll tweet some Jewish history milestones from along the years, according to my follower count. So come on, I’m 4 followers short of the first story...
On 13/12/1204, Moshe Ben Maimon AKA #Maimonides (Greek) and Ha’Rambam (Hebrew), died at 69 in Egypt.
A Philosopher, Physician, Astronomer and one of most important #Jewish Scholars of all times.
Buried in Tiberias @Israel, upon final request to be buried in the ancient homeland
A Philosopher, Physician, Astronomer and one of most important #Jewish Scholars of all times.
Buried in Tiberias @Israel, upon final request to be buried in the ancient homeland
WOW! 3 followers away from yet another milestone of #JewishHistory!
So far we learned about some pogroms 😠(1171 France, 1190 England) and Maïmōnídēs dying 😢(1204 Egypt).
JewishHistory is filled with sorrow and darkness but it gets better in the 2nd half of the 20th century 😉
So far we learned about some pogroms 😠(1171 France, 1190 England) and Maïmōnídēs dying 😢(1204 Egypt).
JewishHistory is filled with sorrow and darkness but it gets better in the 2nd half of the 20th century 😉
