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Holocaust. The Participation of Jews in the Partisan Movement of Soviet Russia by M. Kaganovich, Yiddish, 1st ed., 1948, Rome Der Yidisher Onteyl in Der Partizaner-Bavegung Fun Sovet-Rusland The Central Historical Commission at the Union of Partisans, PACHACH in Italy, Rome, 1948. 1st edition., , XI, 402 pages, Facsimiles, index, fold-out map, many real photos. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Hard cover. 24 x 17 cm. Condition: cover detached, worn, rubbed, stained; spine is missing; endpapers, maps, one plate and first 11 pages detached, foxing stains throughout the book; maps damaged. Weight: 880 gr. Moshe Kaganovich (Kahanovich), born 1909. He was born in Ivye (Iwie, Iwye), Vilna district. He studied in religious elementary school and in the Lide (Lida) Tarbut high school. He debuted in print in 1928 in the Vilna daily newspaper Tsayt (Times) with a series of articles on the Tatars in Poland. He also wrote for Vilner tog (Vilna day), Warsaw’s Moment (Moment), and Unzer vort (Our word), among other serials. In 1929 he moved to Lemberg and wrote for Morgn (Morning) (from the beginning of 1930 it was known as Lemberger togblat [Lemberg daily newspaper]). In 1943 he escaped from the Iwie ghetto and became a fighter in partisan detachments. From 1945 to 1949, he lived in Rome where he edited the monthly journal Farn folk (For the people) and co-edited Baderekh (On the road) and In gang (In progress). From 1949 he was living in Israel.