Shmaryahu "Shmerke" Kaczerginski was a Yiddish poet, musician, writer and cultural activist. Born to a poor family in Vilna and orphaned at a young age, Kaczerginski was educated at the local Talmud Torah and night school, where he became involved in communist politics and was regularly beaten or imprisoned.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1954 · aged 45
Written about in
8 languages
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