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SurnameVald
NameGrigory
PatronymBorisovich
Birth year1938
Birth month3
Birth day18
birth_placeKharkiv, Ukraine

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Bach Lazar Isaakovich (1903-1941)

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SurnameBach
NameLazar
PatronymIsaakovich
Birth year1903
birth_placeRezhitsa
Death year1941
death_month2
death_day10
Death placeKolyma

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.