Nahum Gergel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nahum Gergel

German politician

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1887

Place of Birth: Rotmistrivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1931

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Nahum Gergel

  • Nahum Gergel (April 4, 1887 – November 18, 1931) was a Jewish rights activist, humanitarian, sociologist, and author in Yiddish.
  • Nahum Gergel is best known for his thorough statistical studies of anti-Jewish atrocities (pogroms) that took place in Ukraine in 1918–1921. Gergel received a traditional Jewish education, then studied law in Kiev.
  • In 1914 he graduated from Kiev University and moved to St.
  • Petersburg where he became active politically, as a Jewish rights activist and as a humanitarian.
  • He lived in Russia, Ukraine, and eventually Germany where he emigrated in 1921.
  • Gergel died at the age of 44 of a sudden heart attack, and was buried in the Weißensee cemetery in Berlin in 1931.

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