Marek Edelman, who while confined to the Warsaw ghetto fought the
Nazis, has died. Reports
the New York Times:
Marek Edelman, a cardiologist who was the last surviving
commander of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising against the
Germans, died Friday in Warsaw. He was 90.
A friend, Paula Sawicka, told The Associated Press that Dr.
Edelman had died "among friends, among his close people," at
her home, where he had lived for the past two years. For many
years he lived in Lodz, Poland's second largest city.
Dr. Edelman was one of a handful of young leaders who in April
1943 led a force of 220 poorly armed young Jewish men and women
in a desperate and hopeless struggle against the Germans.
He was later persecuted by the communists, who launched
their own anti-Semitic campaigns. He also worked with
Solidarity, which helped bring down the Polish communist
regime. May this hero who suffered so much battling
totalitarianism rest in peace
About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
