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Bernard Goldstein

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Date of birth
1889
Place of birth
Poland
Date of death
1959-12-07
Place of death
United States

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Bernard Goldstein (Yiddish: בערנאַרד גאָלדשטיין) (1959–1889), sometimes called "חבֿר בערנאַרד“ (romanized: "Khaver Bernard", translated: "Comrade Bernard"), was a Polish Jewish socialist, union organizer, and leader of the General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland prior to World War II. During the war, he was active in the Warsaw Ghetto, helping smuggle in arms in preparation for the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

After Poland's liberation from German occupation, he emigrated to the United States and wrote his autobiography, Five Years in the Warsaw Ghetto (Yiddish: פֿינף יאָר אין וואַרשעווע געטאָ) (originally titled The Stars Bear Witness).

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Jewish Polish socialist, union organizer, and leader of the General Jewish Labour Bund prior to World War II. During the war, he was active in the Warsaw Ghetto, helping smuggle in arms in preparation for the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Last modified: 2020-11-04 (revision #39816)

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Die Sterne sind Zeugen: Der Untergang der polnischen JudenPaperback?1965
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Goodreads Author ID
546793
ISNI
0000 0001 0908 0295
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OpenLibrary Author ID
OL745198A
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62021673
Wikidata ID
Q739350

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