Eli Schechtman

Eli Schechtman
BornEli Ben-Meir ben-Arie Ha-Cohen Schechtman
September 8, 1908
Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
DiedJanuary 1, 1996(1996-01-01) (aged 87)
Haifa, Israel
OccupationWriter
GenreNovels, short stories
Notable worksErev, Rings on the Soul
Notable awards
SpousesMagazinnik Sheindl (1908–1991)
Children
  • Lea (1931–2005)
  • Larisa (born 1939
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Eli Schechtman (or Shekhtman or Shechtman) (Yiddish: עלי שעכטמאן‎; September 8, 1908 – January 1, 1996) was a Yiddish writer. He defined the purpose of his work as follows: "My mission in Jewish literature was and still is ... to show to those who negate the power of the Galut, how mighty – spiritually and physically – were the generations who grew up in that Galut, even in the most godforsaken places."

In March 1953, several days before the official announcement of Stalin's death, Eli Schechtman was imprisoned[1] as a Jewish nationalist[2] and charged with espionage and Zionism. He was released several months after Stalin's death due to "lack of evidence of guilt".

Schechtman lived and worked in Israel from 1972 until his death in 1996.

  1. ^ Карлаг: по обе стороны "колючки" - Page 219 - Google Books Result, during the second world war there was the Gestapo
  2. ^ Eli Schechtman's archive in USHMM -Case 149940 page БЕ-3