Holocaust Solomon collection Mikhoels Biography in Yiddish by I. Dobrushin, Der Emes, 1941

Holocaust Solomon Mikhoels Biography in Yiddish by I. Dobrushin, Der Emes, 1941 Riga, Rare!

Holocaust. Solomon Mikhoels (Actor Mikhoels), Jewish Russian Actor,

His Biography in Yiddish by I. Dobrushin, Illustrated by real photos,

Almost all copies of this book were burnt by Nazi and after the WWII,

When the struggle against cosmopolitanism began, copies of this book were destroyed by the communists.

"Der Emes", 1941, Riga, 123 pp., 22.3 x 15 cm. Hard calico cover

Many real photos – Mikhoels in different roles

Rare limited edition of 3500 copies,

Front cover with title in Yiddish, rear cover with title in Russian

Condition: cover worn, rubbed to edges, soiled and damped to lower half

Some soiling and staining to endpapers, brown paper

Добрушин И. Соломон Михоэлс. М.–Рига. 1941

Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels (16 March [O.S. 4 March] 1890 – January 12/13, 1948) was a Soviet Jewish actor and the artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theater. Mikhoels served as the chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee during the Second World War. However, as Joseph Stalin pursued an increasingly anti-Semitic line after the War, Mikhoels' position as a leader of the Jewish community led to increasing persecution from the Soviet state. In 1948, Mikhoels was murdered on the orders of Stalin and his body was run over to create the impression of a traffic accident.

ДОБРУШИН, Иехезкел Моисеевич (1883-1953) – еврейский советский драматург, педагог, театровед.

DOBRUSHIN, Iehezkel Moiseevich (1883-1953) - Jewish Soviet playwright, teacher, theater critic