Bach Lazar Isaakovich (1903-1941)
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| Surname | Bach |
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| Name | Lazar |
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| Patronym | Isaakovich |
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| Birth year | 1903 |
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| Birth place | Rezhitsa |
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| Death year | 1941 |
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| Death month | 2 |
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| Death day | 10 |
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| Death place | Kolyma |
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| Sex | M |
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Bach (Bakh) Lazar Isaakovich (pseudonym: Yakov Yuzhin) (b. 1903, Rezhitsa, Vitebsk Governorate – d. 10.02.1941, Kolyma) – political figure
In 1920s Lazar Bach was the member of the Communist Party of Latvia. In 1930s he moved to South Africa and became one of the leaders of the Communist Party of South Africa. In 1935 he returned to Moscow at the invitation of the Comintern.
On 10 June 1937 Lazar Bach was arrested during Stalin's purges.
On 10 February 1941 he died in a Dalstroy labour camp at the “Bolshevik” gold mine, Kolyma.