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Shotan, Moyshe
שאָטאַן, משה
Shutan, Moyshe
February 24, 1924–
He was born in Sventsyan (Svencionys), Lithuania. Since 1949 he has been living in Israel. He worked as a construction laborer in Tel Aviv.
His experiences in the Vilna ghetto and with the partisans are described in his book: Geto un Vald (Ghetto and Forest) (Tel Aviv, 1971), 216 pp.
שוטאַן, משה
28סטן פֿעב׳ 1924 –
געבױרן אין סװענציאַן, ליטע. — זינט 1949 אין ישׂראל. בױ־אַרבעטער אין תּ״א.
זײַנע איבערלעבונגען אין װילנער געטאָ און מיט די פּאַרטיזאַנער באַשריבן אין בוך געטאָ און װאַלד. תּ״א, 1971. 216 זז׳.
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