David Bergelson
(1884-1952)
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David (or Dovid) Bergelson (Yiddish: דוד בערגעלסאָן, Russian: Давид Бергельсон, 12 August 1884 – 12 August 1952) was a Yiddish language writer born in the Russian Empire. He lived for a time in Berlin, Germany before moving to the Soviet Union following the Nazi rise to power in Germany. He was a victim of the post-war antisemitic "rootless cosmopolitan" campaign and one of those executed on the Night of the Murdered Poets.
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12 August 1884 Ohrimovo, Kiev province, Russian Empire (now Sarny, Cherkasy region, Ukraine)
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| Died |
12 August 1952 (aged 68) Lubyanka prison, Moscow, Soviet Union
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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