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Portrait of Michael Klepfisz, member of the Jewish underground in the Warsaw ghetto.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 90330
Portrait of Michael Klepfisz, member of the Jewish underground in the Warsaw ghetto.

Portrait of Michael Klepfisz, member of the Jewish underground in the Warsaw ghetto.

Date
1930 - 1943
Locale
Warsaw, Poland
Variant Locale
Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Designation
GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- WARSAW (Poland) -- Resistance
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rose Klepfisz

About This Photograph

Biography
Michael Klepfisz (1913-1943) was a member of the Bund and of the ghetto's Jewish Fighting Organization [Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, ZOB]. An engineer by training, his underground activity focused on acquiring and smuggling arms into the ghetto. Klepfisz was killed in the first days of the ghetto uprising, on April 20, 1943. The Polish government-in-exile awarded Michael Klepfisz the "Virtuti Militari" medal in 1943.

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Rose Klepfisz
Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum)
Copyright: Agency Agreement
Source Record ID: 2100
Hashomer Hatzair and Moreshet Archives
Copyright: Agency Agreement
Source Record ID: D.4.4682
Second Record ID: D.4.5729
 
Record last modified: 2001-11-14 00:00:00
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