Daniel Moszkowicz

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Daniel Moszkowicz aka "Dawid Chone" and "Jerzy" (born 1905 in Warsaw - 1943 in Białystok, Poland) was a merchant, non-commissioned reserve officer of the Polish Army, communist and the co-leader of the Białystok Ghetto Uprising.

Born1905 (1905)
Died1943 (aged 3738)
ConflictsSecond World War
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Daniel Moszkowicz
Born1905 (1905)
Died1943 (aged 3738)
ConflictsSecond World War
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He was member of the Communist Party of Poland. During the German occupation of Poland he worked as a cobbler and baker in the ghetto of Białystok and was member of the Antyfaszystowska Organizacja Bojowa. (Anti-Fascist Military Organization). He was co-leader of the resistance during the first German attempt of liquidation of the ghetto in Białystok in January and February 1943. He was also a co-leader of the Białystok Ghetto Uprising in August 1943.

Moszkowicz is believed to have committed suicide surrounded by German troops.

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  • Zofia Borzymińska, Rafał Żebrowski, Polski słownik judaistyczny, Warszawa 2003

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