Medem Gina (1886)

Medem Gina (1886, Brzeziny, Piotrków Governorate — ?) — publicist, member of the Bund. Wife of V. Medem. In 1908, moved to Switzerland. In 1926, visited the USSR, becoming acquainted with the life of Jewish agricultural colonies in southern Ukrainian SSR and Crimea; in 1929–35, visited Birobidzhan several times. Gave lectures on the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in various countries. In 1937–38, worked as correspondent for a New York newspaper in Spain, conducting radio reports in Yiddish from Madrid. In 1950, published her memoir “A Lebnvey” (“Life's Path”).

Works: Life's Path. New York, 1950.