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Polish Jewish resistance fighter (–)

Yitzhak Zuckerman (Polish: Icchak Cukierman; Hebrew: יצחק צוקרמן; 13 December – 17 June ), also known by his nom de guerre "Antek", was one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in against Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography

Zuckerman was born on December 13, , in Vilnius, then part of the Russian Empire. After World War I Vilnius became part of the recreated Polish state. As a young man he embraced the concepts of Socialism and Zionism.

He graduated from a religious elementary school associated with the Mizrachi Zionist movement, followed by a Hebrew gymnasium in ^[1] He applied to study at the University of Vilnius and Hebrew University in Jerusalem, but never began university studies.^[1]

In his youth, he became involved with the Zionist movement, as a member of HeHalutz and HeHalutz Hatzair.^[1] He lived in a Vilnius kibbutz on Subocz Street, then on a farm training p