Vladka meed biography of rory

Vladka Meed (born Feigele Peltel, December 29, 1921 – November 21, 2012) was a member of Jewish resistance in Poland who famously smuggled dynamite into the Warsaw Ghetto, and also helped children escape out of the Ghetto.^[1][2]

Early life

Meed was born in Praga, a district of Warsaw, Poland to Hanna Peltel (née Antosiewicz) and Shlomo Peltel.

Her mother ran a haberdashery store, and her father worked in a leather factory.^[3] Meed was the oldest child; she had two siblings, sister Henia and brother Chaim.

At 14, she joined Jewish Labor Bund and in 1942 the Jewish Combat Organization.

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