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Person    | Male  Born 21/2/1895  Died 11/5/1943

Szmul Zygielbojm

Categories: Tragedy

Countries: Poland

Szmul Zygielbojm

Politician. Born in Borowica, Poland. He became involved in the Jewish labour movement (Bundism), and in 1917, represented CheÅ‚m at the first Bundist convention in Poland. He was invited to serve as secretary of the Trade Union of Jewish Metal Workers and in 1924, was elected to the Bund's Central Committee.

Imprisoned after the German occupation of Poland, he was smuggled out of the country and travelled to Belgium and the United States. He arrived in London in 1942, joining the National Council of the Polish Government in exile, and spoke on British radio about the fate of the Jews in Poland. When he heard of the deaths of his wife and son in the Warsaw ghetto, he committed suicide as a protest against the indifference and inaction of the allied governments in the face of the Holocaust. He killed himself at his West London flat, using poison or gas, depending on source.

The has an article dedicated to Zygielbojm and the difficulties of having his memorial erected.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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