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Paul Nekhemia (1910)

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SurnamePaul
NameNekhemia
Birth year1910
Birth placeDvinsk
SexM

Paul Nekhemia (Nechemia) (1910, Dvinsk, Vitebsk Governorate – ?) — Zionist activist.

From 1927 to 1930, he was an active member of the Zionist student organisation Aviva in Daugavpils. From 1930 to 1940, he continued his Zionist work within the student association Hashmonaim in Riga.

In 1940, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities on charges of Zionist activity and sentenced to indefinite exile in Siberia. He was held in exile in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Karaganda until 1960. During this time, he continued his Zionist efforts, organising Jewish holiday celebrations among exiled and imprisoned Jewish communities.

In 1960, he returned to Daugavpils. He remained active in promoting Jewish national ideas and campaigned for the right to emigrate to Israel.

In 1972, he emigrated to Israel with his family.