Leon Kopelman

Leon Kopelman (26 April 1924 – 13 August 2021) was the last known survivor from the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against the Nazis before his death in 2021 at the age of 97. It was originally thought that Simcha Rotem, who died in 2018, was the last surviving fighter from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising until Kopelman came forward.

Post-war life Kopelman would eventually use false identity papers to travel to Italy before boarding an illegal ship to Israel where he was reunited with his remaining family members. He joined the IDF and fought in the 1947–1949 Palestine war. His wife, Hava, who he had been married to for nearly 70 years, died several months before him in 2021. He left behind three children, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.