### [2018-12-22](/feed/2018/12/22/index.md)

##### Simcha Rotem
# Simcha Rotem, the last surviving fighter of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, also a participant in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, dies at the age of 94. 

As German forces were mobilizing to liquidate the Warsaw Ghetto, Simcha "Kazik" Rotem resisted and fought back. Rotem said he and his comrades fought to "choose the kind of death" they wanted.


### Sources:

1. [Deutsche Welle](https://www.dw.com/en/last-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-fighter-dies/a-46845325) [Image](https://www.dw.com/image/46844947_304.jpg)

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