Michał Klepfisz

Michał Klepfisz
BornApril 17, 1913
Warsaw, Congress Poland
DiedApril 20, 1943(1943-04-20) (aged 30)
Warsaw, Nazi occupied Poland
Place of burial
Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery
AllegiancePolish resistance
Branch ŻOB
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsVirtuti Militari

Michał Klepfisz (Warsaw, 17 April 1913 – 20 April 1943, Warsaw) was a chemical engineer, activist for the Bund, and member of the Jewish Morgnshtern sports organization. During World War II he belonged to the Jewish Combat Organization, fighting the Nazi German forces in Poland. He was killed in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and was posthumously decorated by the Polish government in exile with a Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari.

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