Ilya Fondaminsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ilya Fondaminsky

Jewish Russian author and political activist

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1880

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1942

Profession: writer, politician, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ilya Isidorovich Fondaminsky (????' ?????'????? ???????'?????, February 17, 1880, Moscow, Russia — November 19, 1942, Auschwitz, Nazi-occupied Poland), was a Russian author (writing under the pseudonym Bunakov) and political activist, in 1910s one of the leaders of the Esers party, in 1917 a senior member of the Alexander Kerensky's Provisional government.In 1918 Fondaminsky took part in the Jassy Conference.
In France where he was living since immigration in 1919, Fondaminsky veered off from the left and became an influential newspaper editor (Sovremennye Zapisky, among others), author of philosophical essays and in the later years — much admired philanthropist, supporting Christian magazines and charity funds.
Facing the Nazi occupation, Fondaminsky refused to leave Paris, saying he was willing to accept his destiny whatever it may be.
Arrested in July 1941 as a Jew and sent to the concentration camp, he adopted Christianity and was received into the Russian Orthodox Church not long before being sent to Auschwitz.
Ilya Fondaminsky died there on November 19, 1942.
In 2003 he was officially pronounced a Russian Orthodox saintly martyr by the Patriarch of Constantinople.