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NameBeola
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Birth year1940
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Gimzo Aron (1886-1942)

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SurnameGimzo
NameAron
Birth year1886
birth_placeLiuchin
Death year1942
death_month3
death_day31
Death placeVyatlag
SexM

Gimzo Aron Dov (1886, Liuchin - 31.03.1942, Vyatlag) - prisoner of Zion.

Aron Dov Gimzo studied in yeshiva, after which he joined the movement of T. Herzl's followers. Worked as a teacher and educator in the Jewish school in Lucin. In 1923 he joined ‘Beitar’ and remained a faithful follower of V.Zhabotinsky all his life. In 1931 he was elected as a delegate from the Latvian Revisionist Movement to the Zionist Congress in Basel. In 1941 he was arrested by the Soviet authorities for Zionist activities and together with his family was deported to Vyatlag, Kirov region. Died, unable to withstand the harsh camp conditions.