Gershon Dua-Bogen

Gershon Dua-Bogen
Gershon Dua-Bogen's gravestone in Warsaw.
General Secretary of the Socialist Workers Party
Political commissar in the base of the International Brigades
Personal details
Born	1892 Poland
Died	12 February 1948
Nationality	Polish-Jewish
Political party	Communist Party of Poland, Polish Workers' Party
Other political affiliations	Socialist Workers Party
Nickname	'Admoni'

Gershon Dua-Bogen (Yiddish: גרשון דוא-באָגען; 1892 – February 12. 1948[1]), alias 'Admoni', was a Polish-Jewish communist leader. He was an active militant of the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) and of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR).[2] He emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine and became the general secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. He was expelled from the territory by the British for his political activities.[3] During the Spanish Civil War, he served as a political commissar in the base of the International Brigades in Albacete.[4]

Bibliography

• Dua-Bogen, Gershon, and Mirski, Michal. אויף די שפורן פון גבורה, Oyf di shpurn fun gvure. Steven Spielberg digital Yiddish library, no. 07087. Amherst: National Yiddish Book Center, 2000. (in Yiddish)

References

1. Authority file of the National Library of Israel.
2. Heller, Celia Stopnicka. On the Edge of Destruction: Jews of Poland between the Two World Wars. New York City: Columbia University Press, 1977. p. 357
3. "Milim Cultural :: Newsletter". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2008-09-26.