On this day in Lipno, Poland, Tosia “Tova” Altman was born. In her youth, Tosia was an active member and youth group leader in the Zionist movement Hashomer Hatzair. On the outbreak of WWII, she fled to Vilna, Lithuania. Hearing about the horrors, as a distinguished leader with growing concern, Altman returned to Nazi-occupied Poland, a dangerous journey. Altman was in contact with leadership in British Mandate Palestine and Vilna. In December 1941, she met Abba Kovner in Vilna, who warned her about the Nazis' goal of exterminating the Jewish people. Once the mass deportations from Warsaw to Treblinka started, the Jewish Fighting Organization (ŻOB) convened, where Altman smuggled explosives and helped Jews find hiding places outside the ghetto. In January 1943, the Warsaw Jews put up an armed resistance. The Nazis’ murdered many ŻOB members and captured Altman, but a Jewish ghetto policeman rescued her on behalf of the Hashomer Hatzair. On April 18, the Nazis liquidated the ghetto, and Altman acted as a courier between central command and the bunkers. On the 20th day in hiding, the Nazis found Altman and hundreds of Jews in concealment. Six people escaped, including Altman. Two weeks later, a fire broke out in the attic Altman was hiding in, when the Polish police found her and handed her over to the Germans. She died two days later. Posthumously honored, Tova Altman garners the Silver Cross of the Military Order of Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military decoration for courage and heroism, for her work fighting against the Nazis.