Monday, April 29, 2024

They knew what they were giving their lives for. They die so that the nation can live - About Warsaw Ghetto Uprise in the newspaper "Bridges" ("Mosty"), the official organ of the Polish branch of Hashomer Hatzair - 1948.

Warsaw Ghetto Uprise 1943: they knew what they were giving their lives for. They die so that the nation can live.

Quick translation from the newspaper "Bridges" (Mosty).
Didn't these fighters realize that they would pay with their lives for freedom? Of course, they knew about it. This fact others that can the surviving combat participants can attest. They still remember to. gives Diona a last hug to her companions, who are giving up on life. She was expecting them certain death. They knew that only a few fighters would come out of the ghetto walls after the battle. 
However, they knew what they were giving their lives for. They die so that the nation can live. 

"Mosty" - was a monthly HaSzomer HaCair magazine published from September 1946 to July 1948 in Łódź in Poland. It had several supplements. Supplements to the Mosty issues had different names, e.g. "Zew Młodych" or "Akademik". Program articles were published in "Mosty", including: regarding the situation in the world Zionist movement, the program for building a Jewish state in Palestine, educational methods, and reports on the situation of the Jewish community in Poland. After the unification of Poale Zion and Hashomer Hatsair, from July 5, 1949, continued as "Mosty-Nasze Słowa".

I am sorry but I do not remember from when, which year this article was published. One day I will find it....