Portrait of Abraham Blum, member of the Jewish underground in the Warsaw ghetto.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 00006

Date: 1930 - 1939
Locale: Warsaw, Poland
Variant Locale: Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- WARSAW (Poland) -- Resistance
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin (Miedzyrzecki) Meed

Biography: Abraham (Abrasha) Blum (1905-1943) was a Bund leader who became the movement's representative to the united Jewish Fighting Organization [Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, ZOB] in the Warsaw ghetto. Blum refused an offer to cross over to the "Aryan side," despite the fact that his wife and children were in hiding there. During the ghetto uprising, he fought with ZOB members in the "Brushmakers area" of the ghetto. Blum was among those who succeeded in escaping from the ghetto by way of the city sewer system. He hid in the Kampinos Forest for several days, but was caught and killed by the Gestapo when he returned to Warsaw.
Keyword: BLUM, ABRAHAM
BUND/ZUKUNFT
CLOSE-UPS
GHETTO/OCCUPATION
JEWS (POLISH)
RESISTERS/RESISTANCE
SOCIALISTS/SOCIALISM
UPRISING (GHETTO WARSAW)
WARSAW
ZOB (JEWISH FIGHTING ORGANIZATION)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Benjamin (Miedzyrzecki) Meed
: Record last modified: 2003-09-05 00:00:00
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