Sosnowiec Ghetto
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The Sosnowiec Ghetto was a World War II ghetto set up by Nazi German authorities for Polish Jews in the Środula district of Sosnowiec in the Province of Upper Silesia. During the Holocaust in occupied
Deportation of Jews from the Sosnowiec Ghetto
Frumka Płotnicka, age 29, led the uprising in the Będzin Ghetto adjacent to Sosnowiec
Frumka Płotnicka
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Frumka Płotnicka was a Jewish Polish resistance fighter during World War II; activist of the Jewish Fighting Organization and member of the Labour Zionist organization Dror. She was one of the organiz
Sosnowiec Ghetto
…Bojowa, ŻOB) in Będzin and Sosnowiec staged an uprising against the Germans. The uprising, which began on 3 August 1943, was led by Cwi (Tzvi) Brandes, Frumka Płotnicka, and the Kożuch brothers. It was the final act of defiance of the local population with no chance of success. Most of the young Jewish fighters perished…
Syenite block located at the intersection of Niska and Dubois streets in Warsaw commemorating the life and martyrdom of Frumka Płotnicka