Michal Klepfisz collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn548843
• English
• 1944
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The Michal Klepfisz consists of a 1944 letter sent from the Polish Government in Exile in London to Rose Klepfisz in Stockholm concerning the death of her husband, Michal Klepfisz, death in the Warsaw. Also includes an affidavit sent from the ŻOB (Jewish Fighting Organization) attesting to Michal Klepfisz's activities with the ŻOB, and the text of a decoded telegram reading "Michal Klepfisz of Bund, who was hidden on the Aryan side and working to produce explosives for the Warsaw Ghetto, was a representative of ZOB for the Polish Underground. The day before the Ghetto Uprising, he entered t...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8552
• English
• 1946
• a: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) b: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Polish Order of Virtuti Militari 5th Class Silver medal awarded posthumously to Michal Klepfisz, a member of the Jewish Combat Organization (ZOB), who died on the second day of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The medal was issued by the Polish government-in-exile on February 18, 1944, and sent to Michal’s wife, Rose, after the war. Growing up in Warsaw, Michal was an active member of the Bund, participating in their youth branch and sports organization. The Bund, or League of Jewish workers in Russia, Lithuania, and Poland, was the Jewish Socialist party. In 1937, he married fellow Bundist, Ros...