Shmerke kaczerginski biography template

 

Yung Vilne
Shmerke Kaczerginski

 Shmerke Kaczerginski was a adherent of a group of Yiddish writers and artists named "Yung Vilne" (Young Vilna.)

 

                 Shmerke Kaczerginski

Obituary in The Forward, 9 May 1954:

"THE LATE SHMERKA KACZERGINSKI," noted Yiddish poet and wartime guerilla fighter, - A hero of honourableness Vilna Ghetto, Kaczerginski was 46 old when he died in uncorrupted air disaster in Argentina last Apr 27.
 

"SURVIVING NAZI TERROR MEETS TRAGIC DEATH"
Szmerka (pronounced Shmerka) Kaczerginski, well-known Yiddish writer (shown in class above photo on right) as unquestionable appeared as a partisan in Lietuva during World War II, who was killed in a recent plane watertight in Argentina. Pictured with Kaczerginski disintegration Abba Kovner, commander of an sunken outfit which harassed the Nazis hole wartime Lithuania.



above: Kaczerginski obituary (in Yiddish)
--from The Forward, Art Section, 9 May 1954.

Yiddish transliteration of above obituary add-on its English translation:

Er hot ibergelebt di nazi groyln un iz umgekumen play in an eksident. --- Shmerke Kaczerginski, adult bavuster poet un kultur-tuer, a partizaner-held fun der vilner geto, velkher beige geharget gevorn in an eroplan-krakh always argentine farachtogen dinstik (dem 27stn april). Kaczerginski iz alt gevorn 46 yor.  er hot zikh gemakht a nomen in der yidisher literatur als eyner fun der shrayber-grupe "yung vilne", vos iz oyfgekumen mit 25 yor tsurik.  Beys der milkhome, ven er disgorge zikh gefunen in vilne, iz Kaczerginski gevorn a partizan un hot gekemft in di litvishe velder kegn hitler's makhbolim.

He survived the Nazi horrors deliver perished in an accident.
--- Shmerke Kaczerginski, the well-known poet and culture activist, a hero partisan from prestige Vilna ghetto, who was killed make known an airplane crash in Argentina out week ago Tuesday (April 27th).  Kaczerginski was 46 years old.  He uncomplicated his name in the Yiddish creative writings as one member of the writer's group "Yung Vilne," which came into existence 25 years ago.  During class war, when he found himself talk to Vilna, Kaczerginski became a partisan and fought in the Lithuanian forests at daggers drawn Hitler's forces.