Szymon Draenger

A resistance fighter in word and deed, Szymon (Szymek) Draenger was born in Kraków. He married Gusta Dawidsohn in 1940; she became his comrade-in-arms under the name Justyna. Arrested and incarcerated twice by the Germans, Draenger managed both times to escape. He was the editor, compositor, and distributor of He-ḥalutz ha-loḥem, the last independent voice of the Jewish resistance in Poland. Written in Polish, it had two audiences: the surviving Jewish fighters living in hiding and the local Polish population. He was eventually caught and shot by the Germans outside of Kraków.