| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Lipkin |
| Name | Aaron-Itsik |
| Patronym | Israelovich |
| Birth year | 1913 |
| Birth month | 9 |
| Birth day | 14 |
| Birth place | Smiltene |
| Death year | 1941 |
| Death month | 7 |
| Death day | 27 |
| Sex | M |
Lipkin Aaron-Itsik (Itzik) Israelovich (born 14 September 1913, Smiltene, Livland Province – died 27 July 1941) – violinist, participant in the Spanish Civil War.
Aaron-Itsik Lipkin lived in Valmiera. His father was Israel Lipkin. He was an active member of the Latvian Society of Political Prisoners, an illegal revolutionary organisation in Latvia. He was arrested, but—fleeing prosecution under Article 71 (later lifted under the 1939 amnesty)—he left Latvia illegally under a false name (Levinson) in December 1935, first travelling to Estonia and then to Prague, from where he was expelled to Austria. From June 1936 he lived in Paris together with other Latvian political refugees. He studied violin at the Paris Conservatoire.
From 1937, Aaron-Itsik Lipkin fought in Spain as part of the International Brigade, serving in an anti-tank battery. In July 1937 he was promoted to sergeant, and after several successful engagements he received the rank of lieutenant. In March 1938 he was wounded on the Aragon Front. After a long period of treatment, he completed officers’ courses and, in 1939, took part in the final battle of the International Brigade in Spain, after which he was placed in a camp for Spanish refugees.
His comrades-in-arms included: Antons Purainis, Eduards Upesleja, Konrads Rybakovs, Janis Kadikis, Filips Ero, Boleslav Dukalskis, Matelis Kregtals, Mikhal Tikhomir, Janis Cinis, Samuel Rudin, Martin Anderson. Together with them, Lipkin was interned in the Argelès-sur-Mer camp and subsequently transferred to the Gurs camp. In March 1940 he took part in organising an escape of Latvian prisoners from the camp, was caught, and was placed in the Vernet camp. From the camp, he corresponded with relatives in Latvia.
On 28 March 1940, the Latvian Ministry of the Interior stripped Lipkin of his citizenship, but agreed to issue documents permitting his return. In 1941, he returned to Latvia. At the beginning of the Second World War, he served as political commissar of the workers’ militia on the Estonian Front. He was killed in action.
Family:
Israel Lipkin – father
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