Warsaw Ghetto survivor who resisted the Nazis dies
Summary
Michael Smuss, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and a resistor against the Nazis, died at 99 in Israel. He participated in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and later became an artist and educator on the Holocaust. Smuss was recently awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit for his contributions to Holocaust education.Key Facts
- Michael Smuss was born in 1926 in what is now Gdansk, Poland.
- As a teenager, he joined the resistance during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943.
- He made petrol bombs to fight against the Nazis.
- After being captured, Smuss survived several concentration camps and a death march.
- Post-war, Smuss became an artist and educator on the Holocaust.
- The embassies of Germany and Poland in Israel honored him for his efforts.
- In September, he received the German Federal Cross of Merit for his educational work.
- There is some debate about whether he was the last surviving fighter of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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