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Lazik Isroel-Itzik (1916-1942)

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SurnameLazik
NameIsroel-Itzik
Birth year1916
Birth placeRiga
Death year1942
SexM

Lazik (Lasik) Isroel-Itzik (1916, Riga - 1942) - publicist, playwright.

Isroel-Itzik Lazik wrote poems, humorous sketches, and dramatic sketches, publishing them in communist publications. He founded drama clubs that staged his plays. After the occupation of Latvia by Soviet troops, he became one of the leading contributors to the daily newspaper Der Kampf (Riga) and edited its humorous supplement, Reuter Fefer. In 1941, he was sent to the front and died in battle.