Zelig Kalmanovich
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Latvia |
| Died | Vaivara Concentration Camp |
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| ID | 1761112 |
Zelig Kalmanovich Life story
Zelig Hirsch Kalmanovich was a Litvak Jewish philologist, translator, historian, and community archivist of the early 20th century. He was a renowned scholar of Yiddish. In 1929 he settled in Vilnius where he became an early director of YIVO. He was incarcerated in the Vilna Ghetto where he became an observant Jew.
