Szmul Zygielbojm (Yiddish: שמואל זיגלבוים; February 21, 1895 – May 12, 1943) was a Jewish-Polish socialist politician, leader of the Bund, and a member of the National Council of the Polish government in exile. He committed suicide to protest the indifference of the Allied governments in the face of the Holocaust.
Read more about Szmul Zygielbojm: Early Years, Between The Wars, Nazi Occupation of Poland, Jan Karski and The Warsaw Ghetto, The Allies' Inaction and Zygielbojm's Suicide Protest, Remembering Zygielbojm
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