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2 unusual facts about Victor Alter


Michal Shuldenfrei

In 1944, after the entry of the Soviet Army into Poland, and the establishment of the Lublin Committee he tried to reorganize the Bund, despite the fact that its pre war leaders, like Victor Alter and Henryk Ehrlich had been executed on Stalin's orders.

Victor Alter

Victor Alter (also Wiktor Alter; February 7, 1890 – February 17, 1943) was a Jewish socialist activist and publicist of the Bund, and a member of the executive committee of the Second International.


Henryk Ehrlich

However, on 4 December 1941, Erlich, together with Victor Alter were once again arrested by the NKVD in Kuybyshev.


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