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Marek Edelman (b. December 31 , 1922 ) is a political and social activist, cardiologist, and the last living leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising . Born in 1922 in Homel (now Belarus ), he soon moved with his parents to Warsaw . In 1942 , Bund youth leader Edelman was one of the founders of the Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa (Jewish Fighting Organization) and after the death of Mordechai Anielewicz , he became the leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 . He survived and managed to escape thanks to the underground activists of the Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (Polish Socialist Party). He joined the Armia Krajowa and in 1944 participated in the Warsaw Uprising . After the Second World War he studied at the Medical University in Łódź . In 1976 he became an activist with the Komitet Obrony Robotników (Workers' Defense Committee) and later of Solidarity . During Martial Law in 1981 , he was interned. He took part in the Round Table Talks and was member of the Polish Parliament from 1989 until 1993 . On April 17 , 1998 , Marek Edelman was awarded with Poland 's highest decoration, the Order Of The White Eagle . In Hanna Krall book "Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem" ("To Outwit God") Edelman tells many surprising details of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising . REFERENCES
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