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

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Galperin Elkhanan (1900-1988)

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SurnameGalperin
NameElkhanan
Birth year1900
birth_placeLibau
Death year1988
Death placeIsrael
SexM

Galperin Elkhanan (Elchanan) (1900, Libau – 1988, Israel) – Prisoner of Zion.

From 1917 to 1923, Elkhanan Galperin was a member of the central committee of the Zionist Histadrut, and from 1923 until the outbreak of the Second World War, he was a member of the Betar organisation. In 1934, he was elected chairman of Latvia’s Betar.

In 1940, he was arrested by Soviet authorities on charges of engaging in criminal Zionist activity in Latvia and was sentenced to 10 years of hard labour. He spent 9 months in the Central Riga Prison, followed by 8 years in the forced labour camps of Vorkuta. After his release, he was exiled for an additional 8 years, of which he served 4. He was freed after a total of 12 years in prisons, camps, and exile.

Elkhanan Galperin emigrated to Israel in 1975.