Maurice Fingercwajg

Maurice Fingercwajg[1] also Mojsze, Fingercweig[2] (25 December 1923 in Warsaw – 21 February 1944 in Mont Valérien), was a volunteer soldier in the French liberation army FTP-MOI and a member of the group of Missak Manouchian.

The young Maurice went to school and could have been a happy child were it not for the loss of his mother at the age of ten.

His bravery and devotion led to his being transferred to the elite derailment teams under the command of Missak Manouchian, where he carried out many audacious operations.

Fingercwajg's father and two brothers, Jacques and Léon, were deported during the great round-ups of Jews; he was left alone in the world and with the antifascist fighters as his only family.

In November 1943, he was arrested along with his leader, Manouchian, and handed over with his other brothers in arms to the tribunal known as the procès des 23 (trial of the 23).