Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for Military Literature
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Edition 0 (1980) Winner
Zivia Lubetkin
ツヴィア・ルベトキン
Zivia Lubetkin
Aliases:
Cywia Lubetkin / Celina
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1914-11-09 （Byteń, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire）
- Died
- 1978-07-11 （Lohamei HaGeta'ot, Israel） age 63
- Nationality
- Polish, Israeli
- Languages
- Polish, Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Byteń → Warsaw → Lohamei HaGeta'ot
Career
- Occupations
- Jewish resistance leader, Kibbutznik
- Active Years
- 1938-1978
- Affiliations
- Dror, Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ŻOB), Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot, Ghetto Fighters' House
- Memberships
- Labor Zionist Movement, Zionist youth movement
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
In the Days of Destruction and Revolt
1953 Memoir 338 pagesMemoir recounting her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and resistance during the Holocaust.
HolocaustResistanceWarsaw Ghetto Uprising
Translations
- English translation, 1981
Bibliography
- Bi-yemei kilayon va-mered (In the Days of Destruction and Revolt)
- Aharonim al ha-homah
- Die letzten Tage des Warschauer Gettos
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Testimonial literatureFirst-person narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Ghetto uprisingJewish resistanceSurvival and memory
Legacy
One of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the only woman on the High Command of the Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ŻOB). Survived the Holocaust, immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1946, and co-founded Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot and the Ghetto Fighters' House museum.
Museums
- Ghetto Fighters' House Lohamei HaGeta'ot, Israel Opened in 1949
In Popular Culture
- Portrayed by Sadie Frost in the 2001 television film Uprising.
Trivia
- Nom de guerre: Celina.
- Her granddaughter Roni Zuckerman became the Israeli Air Force's first female fighter pilot in 2001.
- Issued a Paraguayan passport by the Ładoś Group.