Zalman Friedrich

Zalman Friedrich (* 1911 ; † 2nd half of May 1943 in Warsaw ) was a Bundist resistance fighter in the Warsaw ghetto .

Zalman Friedrich was born the son of a Hasid , but, unlike his father, he joined the General Jewish Workers' Union ("Bund") and its youth organization " Tsukunft " after he had attended secular Jewish schools.

He then worked in the organization of schools, Zalman Friedrich was also employed by other organizations close to the federal government , such as the Morgenstern sports organization or the workers' emigration office. During this time he married his wife Zille and in 1937 had a daughter named Elsa.

Zalman was able to escape from his captivity after the German occupation. In Warsaw he was also active in the illegal union . Friedrich was mainly responsible for the contacts with the Polish underground, as he had a "typical" Polish appearance. The resistance fighter was also one of the first to find out where the deportation trains were going. He interviewed a Bundist who had fled Treblinka and reported from there.

Friedrich fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in April and May 1943 . After the uprising in May, he was able to flee with some of his fellow combatants, but he was betrayed in his hiding place and was killed in an exchange of fire with the Gestapo in May 1943.

literature

• Marek Edelmann : The ghetto is fighting. Warsaw 1941–1943 . Harald-Kater-Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-927170-05-4
• Marek Edelmann: The keeper . Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48656-8
• Bernard Goldstein: The stars are witnesses . Ahriman-Verlag, Freiburg 1992, ISBN 3-922774-69-5
• J. Sh. Herts: Di geshikhte vun a jugent . Ferlag Unser Tsait, New York 1946
• Vladka Meed : alias Vladka . European publishing company, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-434-50468-0

Web links

• Institute of Jewish History, with the history of the Federation