Marek Edelman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marek Edelman

Jewish resistance member

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1922

Place of Birth: Gomel, Belarus

Date of Death: 02-Oct-2009

Profession: politician, cardiologist, trade unionist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Marek Edelman (Yiddish: ?????? ?????????, born either 1919 in Homel or 1922 in Warsaw – October 2, 2009 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish political and social activist and cardiologist.
Edelman was the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and long before his death he was the last one who stayed in Poland despite harassment by Communist authorities.Before World War II, he was a General Jewish Labour Bund activist.
During the war he co-founded the Jewish Combat Organization (ZOB).
He took part in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, becoming its leader after the death of Mordechaj Anielewicz.
He also took part in the citywide 1944 Warsaw Uprising.After the war, Edelman remained in Poland and became a noted cardiologist.
From the 1970s, he collaborated with the Workers' Defence Committee and other political groups opposing Poland's communist regime.
As a member of Solidarity, he took part in the Polish Round Table Talks of 1989.
Following the peaceful transformations of 1989, he was a member of various centrist and liberal parties.
He also wrote books documenting the history of wartime resistance against the Nazi German occupation of Poland.