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

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 90330

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

Overview

Caption: 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 Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rose Klepfisz

Rights & 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

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BUND/ZUKUNFT CLOSE-UPS GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWS (POLISH) KLEPFISZ, MICHAEL RESISTERS/RESISTANCE SOCIALISTS/SOCIALISM UPRISING (GHETTO WARSAW) WARSAW ZOB (JEWISH FIGHTING ORGANIZATION)
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- WARSAW (Poland) -- Resistance

Administrative Notes

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.

Record last modified:: 2001-11-14 00:00:00
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