Itzhak Katzenelson

For the mathematician, see Yitzhak Katznelson.
Itzhak Katzenelson
Born(1886-07-01)1 July 1886
Karelichy, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1 May 1944(1944-05-01) (aged 57)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland
NationalityPolish
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Itzhak Katzenelson (Yiddish: (יצחק קאַצ(ע)נעלסאָן(זון; also transcribed as Icchak-Lejb Kacenelson, Jizchak Katzenelson; Yitzhok Katznelson) (1 July 1886 – 1 May 1944) was a Polish Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist. He was born in 1886 in Karelichy near Minsk, and was murdered on 1 May 1944 in Auschwitz.[1]

  1. ^ Gilbert, Martin (2002). The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust. Psychology Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-415-28145-4.