Paweł Frenkiel (sometimes also Frenkel, Hebrew: פאוול פרנקל;
1920-1943) was a Polish Jewish youth leader in Warsaw and one of
the senior commanders of the Jewish Military Union, or the ŻZW.
Although one of the most important leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising and the Jewish resistance in the months preceding April
1943, Frenkiel is also one of the least well-known to historians
and both his earlier life and his ultimate fate are a subject of
some controversy. Following the outbreak of World War II, German
conquest of Poland and the start of German repressions against
the Jewish population of Poland, he joined the Jewish Military
Union and became one of its' highest-ranking members. It is
unclear what was his exact capacity. Earlier publications and
accounts by Tadeusz Bednarczyk, Henryk Iwański and Kałmen
Mendelson assert, that Paweł Frenkel was one of the deputies of
JMU's commander Dawid Moryc Apfelbaum. However, other accounts,
including those by Dawid Wdowiński and Cezary Szemley suggest,
that Frenkiel