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.
Daniel Moszkowicz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1943 (aged 37–38) |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
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 also co-leading the Białystok Ghetto Uprising in August 1943.
Moszkowicz is believed to have committed suicide surrounded by German troops.
See also
editAwards
edit- Order of the Cross of Grunwald (III Class)
References
edit- Zofia Borzymińska, Rafał Żebrowski, Polski słownik judaistyczny, Warszawa 2003