| Personal data |
| Surname | Vald |
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| Name | Grigory |
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| Patronym | Borisovich |
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| Birth year | 1938 |
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| Birth month | 3 |
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| Birth day | 18 |
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| birth_place | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
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Vaispap Isaak (1899-1941)
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| Surname | Vaispap |
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| Name | Isaak |
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| Birth year | 1899 |
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| birth_place | Lyutsin |
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| Death year | 1941 |
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Vaispap (Weispap) Isaak (1899, Lyutsin (now Ludza), Vitebsk Governorate – 1941/1942, Riga) – public figure and journalist, one of the founders and leaders of the Society of Jewish Veterans of Latvia’s War of Independence.
In 1917, Isaak Vaispap joined the Zionist movement and became a member of the left-wing Zionist party Tzeirei Zion. In 1919, he was arrested by the Bolsheviks for his civic activities.
From 1922 to 1926, he served as a member of the Ludza City Council. From 1929, he was a member of the Central Committee of the party. As of May 1933, he was a member of the Central Council of the All-Latvian Union of Latvian Army Veterans.
Since 1923, Isaak Vaispap worked in journalism and was editor of the almanac Atbrīvotājs (“The Liberator”, 1931). He was also a board member of the Latvian Jewish sports society Hapoel.
Isaak Vaispape perished during the Holocaust.
Selected works: Ideja, kas piepildījusies Židu tautības Latvijas atbrīvotāju biedrības almanachs. R., 1938. 10. lpp.; Židu piedalīšanās Latvijas Atbrīvošanas karā Atbrīvotājs: Žīdu tautības Latvijas atbrīvotāju biedrība: Almanachs. R., 1933. 18.—20. lpp.
Волкович, Фрейгманис