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Abraham Polonski
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Born | 1903
Slonim, Belarus, Russian Empire
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Died | unknown |
Nationality | French |
Other names | Pol |
Occupation | Electrical engineer |
Known for | One of the founders of the French Jewish Resistance movement |
Abraham Polonski (1903 – ), also known as PolorMaurice Ferrer, was a Belarusian electrical engineer in Toulouse who was one of the founders of the French Jewish Resistance movement.
By June 1940, the French army had surrendered to Germany. Polonski and others established an underground organization called La Main Forte, meaning "The Strong Hand".[1]
By 1942, Polonski and Labor Movement Zionist activists also established the Armee Juive (AJ), or Jewish Army, which was a commando force composed of the Zionist youth movement members.[2] During 1943–1944, the Jewish Army helped some hundreds of its members to successfully escape to Spain and then Palestine. The group fought in Toulouse, Nice, Lyon, and Paris areas, attacking informers who had collaborated with the Gestapo and helped liberate France in the summer of 1944.
They were funded to the sum of tens of millions of francs by the Jewish Agency and from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Polonski went on to become a Haganah commander of the AJ in France and North Africa.[3]
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