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surnameSlutskov
nameMark
patronymAronovich
birth_year1915
birth_month3
birth_day18
birth_placeRiga
death_year1997
death_month12
death_day15
death_placeRiga

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Sverdlov Avrom (1913-1936)

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surnameSverdlov
nameAvrom
birth_year1913
birth_placeRiga
death_year1936

Sverdlov (Swerdlow) Avrom (Awrom) (1913, Riga – 1936) — publicist.

Avrom Sverdlov was born in Riga and graduated from a gymnasium with instruction in Hebrew. He was actively involved in the Jewish communist youth movement.

He worked in organizations promoting the settlement of Jews on land in the Soviet Union, including OZET and “ICOR.” Under various pseudonyms, he published articles in illegal and semi-legal Jewish periodicals in Latvia.

In 1934, he was arrested. After his release, he illegally entered the USSR, where he was later repressed. He died in a labor camp.

In 1937, his novel “Yugnt shmidt a tsukunft” (“Youth Forges the Future”) was published in Riga.