Shmaryahu "Shmerke" Kaczerginski (Yiddish: שמערקע קאַטשערגינסקי; 28 October 1908 – 23 April 1954) was a Yiddish-speaking poet, musician, writer and cultural activist. Born to a poor family in Vilna and orphaned at a young age, Kaczerginski was educated at the local Talmud Torah and night school, where he became involved in communist politics and was regularly beaten or imprisoned.
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28 October 1908 Vilna, Russian Empire
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Died |
23 April 1954 (aged 45) Córdoba Province, Argentina
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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