Avraham Shifrin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Avraham Shifrin

Belarusian politician

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1923

Place of Birth: Minsk, Belarus

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1998

Profession: politician, jurist, human rights activist, memoirist

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Avraham Shifrin (Belarusian: ?????? ???????? ??????; Yiddish: ?????? ?????; Russian: ?????? ????????? ??????, Avraam Shifrin; born on October 8, 1923 in Minsk, USSR, died on March 5, 1998 in Jerusalem) was a Soviet-born human rights activist, Zionist, author, lawyer, and Israeli politician who spent a decade in Soviet prisons for allegedly spying for the US and Israel.
Avraham Shifrin was one of the world’s top authorities on the Soviet system of prisons and slave labor camps.
Shifrin's testimonies before Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate and other congressional committee (House Banking and Currency Committee, 1973), provided the world with the major listing of Soviet slave labor camps.