Niuta Tajtelbaum | |
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Born | Ryfka Tajtelbaum October 31, 1917 |
Died | July 1943 | (aged 25)
Other names | Wanda, Wanda Witwicka |
Niuta Tajtelbaum (31 October 1917 – July 1943), was a Jewish resistance fighter in Warsaw, Poland during World War II. [1] [2]
Niuta Tajtelbaum was born as Ryfka Tajtelbaum on October 31, 1917 in Łódź, her father was Icek Majer Taitelbaum, a factory owner. [3] During the war she acted as a courier for the Jewish Combat Organization and the Communist Gwardia Ludowa (GL), [4] and also smuggled weapons and people. [5] As a resistance fighter, she was "known to braid her hair, dress up as a Polish peasant girl, and enter homes and offices in disguise to kill Nazis". [6] In 1943 Teitelbaum shot five Nazi soldiers in one day. [7] During the war she was wanted by the Gestapo, who placed a bounty of 150,000 złotys on her head. [8] [9] She is reputed to have placed a bomb in Warsaw's Kammerlichtspiele Cinema, which was frequented by Nazi soldiers, in January 1943. [10] [11]
Her story was told in the 2021 book The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion. [12] [13]
Niuta Tajtelbaum | |
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Born | Ryfka Tajtelbaum October 31, 1917 |
Died | July 1943 | (aged 25)
Other names | Wanda, Wanda Witwicka |
Niuta Tajtelbaum (31 October 1917 – July 1943), was a Jewish resistance fighter in Warsaw, Poland during World War II. [1] [2]
Niuta Tajtelbaum was born as Ryfka Tajtelbaum on October 31, 1917 in Łódź, her father was Icek Majer Taitelbaum, a factory owner. [3] During the war she acted as a courier for the Jewish Combat Organization and the Communist Gwardia Ludowa (GL), [4] and also smuggled weapons and people. [5] As a resistance fighter, she was "known to braid her hair, dress up as a Polish peasant girl, and enter homes and offices in disguise to kill Nazis". [6] In 1943 Teitelbaum shot five Nazi soldiers in one day. [7] During the war she was wanted by the Gestapo, who placed a bounty of 150,000 złotys on her head. [8] [9] She is reputed to have placed a bomb in Warsaw's Kammerlichtspiele Cinema, which was frequented by Nazi soldiers, in January 1943. [10] [11]
Her story was told in the 2021 book The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion. [12] [13]