Saturday, 3 October 2009

Marek Edelman RIP

Sad to hear of the death of Marek Edelman leader of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

"The Ghetto Fights", his account of how in April 1943 a few hundred young Jews decided to take up arms against the occupying Nazis, choosing to fight rather than face death in the "Final Solution", is a truly remarkable story of courage against impossible odds.

Whenever, people ask the question "Why didn't the Jews fight back?" tell them to read this book.

The world has lost a truly remarkable man.

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