Great Russian Jews: Solomon Mikhoels (1890-1948)

Event Date as Display String:

Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Location:

CGIS South Building, Room S010 (Tsai Auditorium), 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

URL:

https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/solomon-mikhoels-1890-1948

Event Description:

This panel discussion with two leading Jewish cultural historians
examines the remarkable contributions and tragic death of the great
actor, theater director, playwright, visionary of Yiddish culture, and
Jewish activist Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels (1890-1948). Born Shloyme
Vovsi in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils, Latvia), the genius actor Mikhoels
became the chief director of the State Jewish Theater in Moscow.
During World War II, he served as chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist
Committee. Mikhoels' assassination by Stalin's secret police, although
officially billed as an accident, augured the darkest years for Soviet
Jewry.

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Event Start Date as Date Type:

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 16:30 to 18:00

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