Last known surviving fighter of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising dies at age 97 – Leon Kopelman fought the Germans in the ghetto; later joined the Polish resistance; he said his large family was his greatest victory over the Nazis | Timesofisrael

Leon Kopelman, possibly the last surviving man to have fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, died on Friday at age 97.
Kopelman was born in Poland in 1924 to a well-to-do family. When the Nazis took over the country and formed the Warsaw Ghetto, his family was forced into a tiny home there.