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NameBeola
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Levinberg Zalman (1909-1983)

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surnameLevinberg
nameZalman
birth_year1909
birth_placeTelshi, Kovno Province
death_year1983
death_placeIsrael

Levinberg (Lewinberg) Zalman (Salman) (1909, Telshi, Kovno Province – 1983, Israel) — political figure.

Zalman Levinberg graduated from the University of Riga. An active Beitar leader, he headed the movement’s directorate in Latvia and was a member of the World Beitar Directorate. From 1939 he lived in Eretz-Israel. During World War II he worked on mobilizing volunteers for the British Army and was one of the initiators of the Jewish underground organization Am Lochem. He was a member of the “Diaspora Center,” a Revisionist, and a participant in efforts to organize the transport of European Jews to Eretz-Israel. After the establishment of the State of Israel, he became one of the directors of the newspaper Ma’ariv.