Goldenberg, Refoel
December 22, 1906
He was born in a small town, Terlytsia (historically known as Terlitsa or Terlitse) which is no longer in the Kiev region, but was historically located in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire during the 1900s. Today, it is a village situated in the Uman Raion of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. In 1921, when he was about 15 years old, he migrated to the Kherson Oblast to live in an agricultural community. In 1928 he left a collective farm.
He studyied in a pedagogic technical school; and then became a teacher in a Jewish colony. He completed a correspondence course in pedagogical advanced studies.. Then, from 1934 her lived in Nikolayev (Mykolaiv) Ukraine.
He participated in the Eastern Front of World War II, joining the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany, for which he was awarded with three decorations and seven medals, including a medal of honor.
Beginning n 1965, he published in the Jewish press.
A number of his short stories and humorous sketches were included in
Ineynem: Proze-Zamlung (Altogether: Prose Collection). - Moskve: Sovetski Pisatel, 1988, 524, [4] pp., photo, portr. Collected by, and with an introduction by Moyshe Volf. He contributed 21 pieces pp. 395-438:
Source: Ineynem: Proze-Zamlung, Moskve : Sovetski Pisatel, 1988.