Shayah Charnam

Szaja Charnam (1908–1929), also known as Szymon Harnam or Szajek, was a Jewish-Polish communist activist in Łódź, Poland.

Biography Charnam was born on November 22, 1908. he joined the underground communist movement around 1926 or 1927. He was a member of the Trade Union of Workers of the Textile Industry in Poland. His underground code name was 'Szajek'. A plainclothes policeman sought to arrest him at the event, and Charnam was shot in the stomach during process. In 1950 the Biderman textile mill was renamed as the 'Szaja Charnam Mill'.