page_title: Frumka Płotnicka
hierarchical_section_title: Frumka Płotnicka
caption_attribution_description: English: Frumka Płotnicka (age 29) fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and several weeks later led the ghetto uprising in the Będzin Ghetto during Operation Reinhard.Polski: Frumka (Fruma) Płotnicka (Plotnitzki) (1914 - 1943), żydowska działaczka ruchu oporu w czasie II wojny światowej, łączniczka Żydowskiej Organizacji Bojowej ŻOB na terenie kraju, organizatorka samoobrony w getcie warszawskim oraz w Zagłębiu Dąbrowskim, uczestniczka powstania w getcie warszawskim oraz współorganizatorka powstania w getcie będzińsko-sosnowieckim. Zginęła 3 sierpnia 1943 w bunkrze w Będzinie, broniąc się przed Niemcami.
context_page_description: Frumka Płotnicka was a Polish resistance fighter during World War II; activist of the Jewish Fighting Organization and member of the Labour Zionist organization Dror. She was one of the organizers of self-defence in the Warsaw Ghetto, and participant in the military preparations for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Following the liquidation of the Ghetto, Płotnicka relocated to the Dąbrowa Basin in southern Poland. On the advice of Mordechai Anielewicz, Płotnicka organized a local chapter of ŻOB in Będzin with the active participation of Józef and Bolesław Kożuch as well as Cwi Brandes, and soon thereafter witnessed the murderous liquidation of both Sosnowiec and Będzin Ghettos by the German authorities.
  During the final deportation action of early August 1943, the Jewish Combat Organization in Będzin staged an uprising against the Germans. The Będzin-Sosnowiec ghetto uprising lasted for several days even though the SS broke through the main line of defence within hours. Frumka Płotnicka died on 3 August 1943 in one of the Będzin bunkers, fighting against the Germans.
context_section_description: Frumka Płotnicka (1914 – 3 August 1943) was a Polish resistance fighter during World War II; activist of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ŻOB) and member of the Labour Zionist organization Dror. She was one of the organizers of self-defence in the Warsaw Ghetto, and participant in the military preparations for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Following the liquidation of the Ghetto, Płotnicka relocated to the Dąbrowa Basin in southern Poland. On the advice of Mordechai Anielewicz, Płotnicka organized a local chapter of ŻOB in Będzin with the active participation of Józef and Bolesław Kożuch as well as Cwi (Tzvi) Brandes, and soon thereafter witnessed the murderous liquidation of both Sosnowiec and Będzin Ghettos by the German authorities.
  During the final deportation action of early August 1943, the Jewish Combat Organization in Będzin staged an uprising against the Germans (as in nearby Sosnowiec). The Będzin-Sosnowiec ghetto uprising lasted for several days even though the SS broke through the main line of defence within hours. Frumka Płotnicka died on 3 August 1943 in one of the Będzin bunkers, fighting against the Germans. Posthumously, she received the Order of the Cross of Grunwald from the Polish Committee of National Liberation in April 1945.
caption: Płotnicka was a leading member of the Z.O.B. in the Warsaw Ghetto and a leader in the uprising in the Będzin Ghetto during the Holocaust in Poland.
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