Marek Edelman
| Marek Edelman | |
|---|---|
Marek Edelman at around the time
of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising |
|
| Born | 1919 or 1922 |
| Died | October 2, 2009 Warsaw, Poland |
| Allegiance |
General Jewish Labour Bund Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa Armia Ludowa |
| Years of service | 1942–1944 |
| Rank | Deputy commander (ŻOB) |
| Battles/wars |
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Warsaw Uprising |
| Awards |
French Legion of Honor Order of the White Eagle Yale University, honorary doctorate |
Marek Edelman (Yiddish: מאַרעק עדעלמאַן, born either 1919 in Homel or 1922 in Warsaw – October 2, 2009 in Warsaw, Poland) 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 (ŻOB). 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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