August 24, 1919
Tosia Altman Is Born
Historical context
On this day, August 24, 1919, Tosia Altman was born in Lipno. She later served as a Hashomer Hatzair courier during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Some records give 1918.
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- August 24, 1919
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On this day, Tosia (Taube) Altman was born in Lipno, near Włocławek, to Anka and Gustav Altman. The Jewish Women’s Archive encyclopedia gives 24 August 1919. The Warsaw Ghetto Museum and getto.pl also record 1918.
She became a Hashomer Hatzair leader and a courier for the Jewish Combat Organization. She was mortally wounded after the May 1943 uprising and died in German hands later that month.
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- Tosia Altman · Ziva Shalev · Jewish Women's Archive View source
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