Alberto Gerchunoff

Identifier
990004696320304146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1955
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

[6] p.

Envelope 7/44 ; microfilm reel 065 ; Frames 734 - 744

Scope and Content

"Alberto Gerchunoff (January 1, 1883 – March 2, 1950), was an Argentine writer born in the Russian Empire, in the city of Proskuriv, now Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine. His family emigrated in 1889 to the Argentinian Jewish agricultural colony of Moïseville, now Moisés Ville. His father, Rab Gershon ben Abraham Gerchunoff was murdered by a gaucho on February 12, 1891. After a few months the family moved to Rajil, founded by philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch as a haven for Jews fleeing the pogroms of Europe. Later, he lived in Buenos Aires, Argentine."--wikipedia (English)(viewed 25.10.2016).

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Note(s)

  • Detailed dates of material: 1947, 1949 - 1950, 1955.

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