Vladka meed biography of mahatma
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Vladka Meed
Vladka Meed | |
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Vladka Meed in 2005 | |
| Born | Feigele Peltel (1921-12-29)December 29, 1921 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | November 21, 2012(2012-11-21) (aged 90) Paradise Valley, Arizona, U.S. |
| Other names | Feigele Peltel Miedzyrzecki Feige Peltel |
| Spouse | Benjamin Meed |
| Children | 2 |
Vladka Meed (born Feigele Peltel, December 29, 1921 – November 21, 2012) was a member of Jewish resistance in Poland who famously smuggled dynamite into the Warsaw Ghetto, and also helped children escape out of the Ghetto.[1][2]
Early life
Meed was born in Praga, a district of Warsaw, Poland to Hanna Peltel (née Antosiewicz) and Shlomo Peltel.
Her mother ran a haberdashery store, and her father worked in a leather factory.[3] Meed was the oldest child; she had two siblings, sister Henia and brother Chaim.
At 14, she joined Jewish Labor Bund and in 1942 the Jewish Combat Organization.
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