Dawid Moryc Apfelbaum

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Dawid Moryc Apfelbaum (some sources give Mieczysław or Mordechaj as his second name, and Appelbaum as his surname) (born. ? - 1943 Warsaw) nom de guerre "Kowal" – was an officer in the Polish Army and the commander of the Żydowski Związek Wojskowy (Jewish Military Union), ŻZW, during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

In 1939 Apfelbaum was a lieutenant in the Polish Army. During the German invasion of Poland he fought in the defence of the Polish capital Warsaw.

After Poland's defeat together with many other Jews in Polish Army as well as Polish-Jewish political leaders (Józef Celmajster, Henryk Lifszyc, Kałmen Mendelson, Paweł Frenkel, Leon Rodl and Dawid Wdowiński) he founded the Żydowski Związek Wojskowy (Jewish Military Union), ŻZW). In structures ŻZW he was the chief of the department of communication with Korpus Bezpieczeństwa and Armia Krajowa on "Aryan" site of Warsaw. Together with Paweł Frenkiel he was a leader of war department in ŻZW.

During the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising he was commander of squad who partake in the heavy fighting in defense of the Muranowski Square. He was killed in the first days of uprising.

After his death command of AK was promoted him to the rank of major in the Polish Army. In 2004, the mayor of Warsaw Lech Kaczyński had a square named for Apfelbaum in the city's Wola district.