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- Marek Edelman was born on January 1, 1919 in Gomel, Byelorussia [now Belarus]. He was a writer, known for Uprising (2001), Marek Edelman... And There Was Love in the Ghetto (2019) and Kronika powstania w getcie warszawskim wg Marka Edelmana (1993). He was married to Alina Margolis-Edelman. He died on October 2, 2009 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- SpouseAlina Margolis-Edelman(? - March 23, 2009) (2 children)
- His heroism in the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt earned him membership into the French Legion of Honor, and Poland's highest civilian honor, the Order of the White Eagle.
- Was the leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw Ghetto revolt against the Nazis.
- Joined the Solidarity movement and was interned under the December 13, 1981 martial law aimed against the movement.
- Also fought in the Warsaw uprising in 1944.
- Last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis.
- When you cannot defend freedom through peaceful means, you have to use arms to fight Nazism, dictatorship, chauvinism."
- When you were responsible for the life of some 60,000 people, you don't leave and abandon the memory of them."
- God is trying to blow out the candle, and I'm quickly trying to shield the flame, taking advantage of his brief inattention. To keep the flame flickering, even if only for a little while longer than he would wish.
- On the Warsaw Ghetto uprising: It was a defensive action. We fought simply not to allow the Germans alone to pick the time and place of our deaths.
- On the Nazi gas chambers: These people went quietly and with dignity. It is an awesome thing, when one is going so quietly to one's death. It is definitely more difficult than to go out shooting.
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