Shimshelevitsh, Moyshe
ca. 1892-winter 1973
approx. 78 - 84 years
He was a printer by profession, born in Minsk. After 1917 he became a cultural leader. In the 1930s he worked as a bookkeeper for the daily newspaper Oktyabr (October).
He was the author of: Minsker sHokhtim-Trest, Muzikalishe Satire in 5 Bilder (Minsk Ritual Slaughterers’ Trust, a Musical Satire in Five Scenes) (Minsk: Central Council of the Trade Unions of Byelorussia, 1925), 61 pp.; and Nye Godyen, Komedye in 3 Aktn (Unfit, a Comedy in Three Acts) (Minsk, 1925), 62 pp.
He died in Minsk.
Khayim Maltinski
Source: Chone Shmeruk, comp., Pirsumim yehudiim babrit-hamoatsot, 1917-1961 (Jewish Publications in the Soviet Union, 1917-1961) (Jerusalem, 1962), see index.