About Herman Kruk
Lived 1897 – 1944 (aged 47). Herman Kruk was a Polish librarian and writer.
Life Kruk fled Warsaw and relocated to Vilna at the outbreak of the Invasion of Poland. While confined to the Vilna Ghetto, he organized and oversaw the creation and operation of a library in the Ghetto.
His diary was published posthumously in 1961 by YIVO in original Yiddish . An expanded English translation, The Last Days of the Jerusalem of Lithuania: Chronicles from the Vilna Ghetto and the Camps 1939-1944, was published in 2002 .
He is one of the main characters in Joshua Sobol's play Ghetto.
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Who was Herman Kruk?
Polish-Jewish librarian and Bundist activist (1897-1944)
When was Herman Kruk born?
Herman Kruk was born on 1 May 1897 in Płock.
When did Herman Kruk die?
Herman Kruk died on 18 September 1944 in Vaivara concentration camp.
What was Herman Kruk's occupation?
Herman Kruk was a librarian and writer.
What nationality was Herman Kruk?
Herman Kruk was Polish.
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