Jānis Šilfs
Jānis Šilfs (born September 20, 1881 in Riga ; † June 11, 1921 ) was a Latvian communist and revolutionary .
Šilfs was born in Riga and joined the Latvian Social Democratic Labor Party after the revolution in 1905 . For the communists he worked as a propagandist and typographer. In 1919, Šilfs became the government secretary of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic . After they were expelled from Riga, he stayed in the city as editor of the banned party newspaper Cīņa . In May 1921 he was caught by the authorities and sentenced to death by a court martial.
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literature
- Jānis Šiliņš: Padomju Latvija 1918–1919 Riga 2013, ISBN 978-993-483-9900 , p. 254
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Šilfs, Jānis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Šilfs-Jaunzems, Jānis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian communist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1921 |
| Place of death | Riga |