David Bergelson | |
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דוד בערגעלסאָן | |
Born | Okhrimovo, Kiev province, Russian Empire (now Sarny, Cherkasy region, Ukraine) | 12 August 1884
Died | 12 August 1952 Lubyanka prison, Moscow, Soviet Union | (aged 68)
Known for | Yiddish Writer |
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.