Michael Smuss, who fought Nazis with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 99

Michael Smuss: Warsaw Ghetto survivor who resisted the Nazis dies

Michael Smuss, an artist who helped make petrol bombs during the uprising, died in Israel aged 99.

Last surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter dies

Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. The last survivor fighter from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest single act of Jewish resistance in World War Two, has died. Michael Smuss passed away, ag…

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, artist Michael Smuss dies at 99

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Smuss, who fought Nazis with Molotov cocktails, dies at 99

WARSAW, Poland — Michael Smuss, who fought Nazi soldiers with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of World War II and became a painter after the war to process his trauma, has died. He was 99.

Warsaw Ghetto Survivor Battled Nazis With Molotov Cocktails

Michael Smuss, who fought Nazi soldiers with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of World War II and became a painter after the war to process his trauma, has died. He was 99. His wife in Israel said he died Tuesday. Smuss was born in 1926 in what was...

Holocaust survivor Michael Smuss, who fought Nazis in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 99

Smuss joined the Jewish resistance in the ghetto, throwing Molotov cocktails at the Nazi soldiers from the rooftops of the ghetto. He was also one of the few resistance fighters to survive the almost one month of fighting