Global InformationCemach Feldstein information
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| Born | December 30, 1884 Kudirkos Naumiestis, Suwałki Governorate, Russian Empire (Lithuania) |
| Died | December 29, 1944 (aged 59) Dautmergen-Schömberg concentration camps, (Natzweiler-Struthof), Germany |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Employer(s) | Hebrew Real-Gymnasium, Kaunas |
| Spouse | Elke Freida (née Buzhanski) |
Cemach Feldstein ([t͡ʃɛɱɑħ fɛldstajn]; sometimes spelled Tzemach; Hebrew: צמח פלדשטיין; Yiddish: פעלדשטיין; Lithuanian: Feldsteinas; Russian: Семён Григорович Фельдштейн, Semyon Grigorovitch; December 30, 1884 - December 29, 1944[1] was a Lithuanian educator, author, an education reformist, a culture Zionist activist. As an educator he was served as the director of several Jewish gymnasiums, the most notable of which was the Hebrew Real-Gymnasium in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania (1922-1940), where most of the subjects were taught in Modern Hebrew.
After being deported to the Vilna Ghetto in 1941, Feldstein continued to be a cultural activist. He became the editor of the ghetto newspaper, translated essays and writings into Hebrew, gave lectures, and was an inspirational coordinator of the ghetto's cultural life.
- ^ Exact date of birth according to: Yozelit, P. J. (1977). Dr. Cemach Feldstein hayad. HeAvar [העבר] 22, p. 280; in the "List of Teacher Job Applications in Krovno, 1921-1941". in Eilat Gordin Levitan’s website: December 31. Exact date of death according to death record on the "List of the persecuted who perished in Dautmergen-Schömberg"., Central Database of the Holocaust, Victims names, Yad Vashem website.