MARIA (MARYSIA) AJZENSZTADT (1922−1942), young singer, daughter of
Dawid Ajzensztadt—conductor of the choirs of the Nożyk Synagogue and the
Great Synagogue. She was known as the “nightingale of the ghetto”,
where she often performed at social and charity events. She was shot
during the July operation at Umschlagplatz.
MAJER BAŁABAN
(1877–1943), historian, co-founder of the Institute for Judaic Studies
(Instytut Nauk Judaistycznych) in Warsaw, author of major works on the
history and culture of Polish Jews. In the ghetto, he was the head of
the Archival Department of the Jewish Council. He died in the ghetto in
January 1943.
LEON BERENSON (1882–1941), well-known pre-war attorney and diplomat. He defended political prisoners in 1905. He was a member of the City Council of Warsaw and a counsellor of the Polish Embassy in the United States. In the ghetto, he worked with the Jewish Council and the Jewish Social Self-Help; he also knew and collaborated with Emanuel Ringelbum. He kept a diary. He died in the ghetto of natural causes in April 1941.
ADAM CZERNIAKÓW (1880–1942), social and political activist, councilor of Warsaw, co-founder of the Central Association of Jewish Craftsmen, senator, member of the board of the Jewish community in Warsaw during the war, chairman of the Jewish Council in Warsaw. He committed suicide at the beginning of deportations (23 July 1942).
ICCHAK (YITZHAK) GITERMAN (1889–1943), before the war the director of the Joint Distribution Committee in Poland. In the Warsaw ghetto he supported Oyneg Shabes and the aid efforts of the welfare sector. He also provided financial help to the Jewish Fighting Organisation (Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa).
LUDWIK HIRSZFELD (1884–1954), physician, founder of the Polish school of immunology and sero-anthropology. In the ghetto, chairman of the Board of Health at the Jewish Council, head of the operation to combat typhus, teacher at the clandestine courses for medical students. He hid on the “Aryan side”. After the war, he co-founded the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Wrocław.
GUSTAWA JARECKA (1908–1943), novelist. In the ghetto, she worked as a telephone operator in the office of the Jewish Council and made typewritten copies of documents
