Michael (Mishe) Lev (3 July 1917 - 23 May 2013) was a

Yiddish language Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

writer from

Podolia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

Life

Lev was born in

Pohrebysche Pohrebyshche () is a small city in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Pohrebyshche Raion (district) in western Ukraine. Pohrebyshche is situated near the sources of the Ros River. Population: Names Pohrebyshche is al ...

,Krutikov, Mikhai
Michael Lev, Sobibor, and Soviet Yiddish Culture
Introduction to ''Sobibor'' (2007) Ukraine. He studied Yiddish language and literature in Moscow, and worked at a Yiddish publishing house, where his first publications appeared. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

Lev fought in the Soviet army, was taken prisoner, escaped, and joined the partisans. His wartime experiences became the main theme of his writings. He published 17 books in Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew. He died, aged 95, in Rehovot, Israel.

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1917 births 2013 deaths People from Pohrebyshche Ukrainian Jews Russian Jews Soviet military personnel of World War II Soviet partisans Belarusian partisans Yiddish-language writers Soviet emigrants to Israel {{Russia-writer-stub