Haim Eliyahu Polaczek

Haim Eliyahu Polaczek, born in Nieśwież, was one of the leaders of the resistance in the Nieśwież ghetto.  He finished high school only a few years before the German occupation.  In the Nieśwież ghetto, Polaczek was one of the teachers at the underground school for children set up by Shalom Cholavski. The school operated in private houses, and the teachers taught reading, writing, mathematics, geography and history.  Polaczek taught chemistry, his field of expertise.