| Rohl Leia Zilberberg | |
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Biography
Rachel (Sarenka) Zilberberg (January 5, 1920-May 8, 1943 was an activist and participant in the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto, and also played a key role in fomenting the uprising. She was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair, a socialist Zionist youth movement. At the beginning of World War II, she left for Vilnius, and then returned to Warsaw with Heike Grossman and took an active part as a member of the “Hashomer Hatzair.” Sarenka was one of the few leaders who actually returned to the besieged ghetto rather than fled with him. She was and one of the first to embark on a passionate journey to spread knowledge about the Nazi plan to eliminate Jews. Sarenka repeatedly pushed her peers with this information until she convinced Mira Fucrer, a partner of Mordechai Anilevich, and ultimately Anilevich himself, as well as other leaders of the movement , in the gravity of their position.
In order to re-enter the besieged ghetto and join the battle group “Hashomer Hatzair”, she refused the daughter of Maya, whose fate is unknown ... Sarenka died in the bunker known as Mila 18 (under Mila 18), where her name is engraved on memorial tombstones along with 50 more courageous fighters. Rachel was more familiarly known as Sarenka, which in Polish means "young doe", and in Hebrew translates as "Ofra."