Given name: Jakub Family name: Praszker (4)

  • (1, 2, 3, 4) YES
  • (1, 2, 3, 4) Male
  • (1) Jakub , (4) Jakow
  • (1) Praszker , (2) Praszker , (3) Praszkier , (4) Praszker
  • (4) Praszkier
  • (1) 1913
  • (1) April-May 1943, (2, 4) 1943
  • (1) Łódź
  • (2, 4) Warszawa
  • (1, 2, 3, 4) No information
  • (1)

    He came from a poor, Hasidic family. At the beginning of the war, he came to Warsaw and was active in He Chaluc Headquarters, he kept in touch with Histadrut Headquarters in Geneva. He was a member of the Jewish Military Union (ZZW), for which he got arms on the 'Aryan side'. In the uprising, he commanded Hanoar Hacyjoni combat group at the brushmakers' shop. He died in the bunker at Walowa Street No. 8, which was blown up. Other insurgents died with Praszker there, including his wife, Roza Mastbaum.

    (2)

    he worked at the point at Niska Street No. 20, he lived at Muranowska Street No. 18, a member of the Refugee Committee Headquarters, a Zionist, he died in the uprising

    (3)

    in the Hechaluc; a member of the underground organisation in the brushmakers' shop

    (4)

    In the ghetto he was the head of the youth organisation Hanoar Hasyjoni (Zionist Youth). During the ghetto uprising he was a commander of the comabt outfit Hanoar Hasyjoni, within the Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB). He died on the battlefield.

    • (1, 2, 3) activists
    • (4) youth
  • (2)

    Sznejur, Dawid relacja 301-4153 (testimony 301-4153)

    (3)

    Efros, relacja 301-2816 (testimony 301-2816)

  • (1) 93,241, (4) 216