Der Nister

Der Nister
Der Nister (front center) sitting behind Marc Chagall at the Malakhovka Jewish boys refuge
Born
Pinchus Kahanovich

1 November 1884 (NS)
Died4 June 1950
Abez camp, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian

Der Nister (Yiddish: דער נסתּר ֹor דער ניסטער, "the Hidden One"; 1 November 1884 – 4 June 1950 in the Abez camp of Gulag) was the pseudonym of Pinchus Kahanovich (Yiddish: פּנחס קאַהאַנאָוויטש), a Yiddish author, philosopher, translator, and critic.