Mikhail Lvovich Vinawer
Michail Lwowitsch Vinawer ( Russian Михаил Львович Винавер ; * 1880 in Warsaw ; † September 29, 1942 ) was a Russian engineer , politician and human rights activist .
Life
Winawer had been a member of the General Jewish Workers' Union since 1898 and then Mensheviks . After the October Revolution of 1917 he retired from politics and became Yekaterina Pavlovna Peschkowa's assistant in the Political Red Cross , an aid organization for political prisoners , and in the office of the Polish Red Cross . In 1919 he was arrested as a Menshevik in Moscow , but released in the same year. Another brief arrest followed in Moscow in 1921.
In 1937 Vinawer was arrested again in Moscow for espionage on behalf of Poland and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Military Court of the Moscow Military District. In early 1942 he was released from the camp as a former Polish citizen due to an amnesty .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maya Kofman: Yekaterina Pawlowna Peschkowas Help for Political Prisoners (Russian). VORTZLEN Roots SHORASH Magazine for Jewish Communities , accessed September 3, 2015
- ↑ Yaroslav Leontjew: The human rights activists Novaya Gazeta No. 81, October 31, 2002 (Russian), accessed on September 3, 2015
- ↑ Stalin's execution lists: WINAWER Michail Lwowitsch (Russian). Memorial , accessed September 3, 2015
- ^ Short biographies of Russian communists and anarchists after October 1917 at socialist.memo.ru; accessed on September 1, 2015
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vinawer, Mikhail Lwowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Винавер, Михаил Львович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian engineer, politician and human rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1942 |