The Holocaust
The Holocaust-era Jewish resistance group ŻOB was formed from a coalition including Hashomer Hatzair, Dror, Bnei Akiva, the Jewish Bund, various Jewish Communist groups, and both factions of Poale Zion.
Several notable Jewish resistance fighters during the Holocaust, particularly those involved in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, were members of Poale Zion. They include:
- Adolf Berman, Warsaw ZOB fighter; Secretary of Zegota. (Poale Zion Left)
- Hersz Berlinski, member of Warsaw ZOB Command (Poale Zion Left)
- Yochanan Morgenstern, member of Warsaw ZOB Command (Poale Zion Right)
- Emanuel Ringelblum, member of Warsaw ZOB; chronicler of the Warsaw Ghetto. (Poale Zion Left)
Additionally, several well-known Zionist leaders and politicians were members of Poale Zion, including Ben-Gurion, Ben-Zvi, kibbutz movement leader Yitzhak Tabenkin and Jewish Agency Executive member Shlomo Kaplansky.
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