MARK IDELSON (d. 1942)
Born in Vilna to well-to-do parents. Throughout his youth, he was a member of the
Bund. During WWI he was in Odessa. In 1919, he returned to Vilna as a teacher of
technical subjects. Later he was an
instructor of physics in the technical faculty of the ORT vocational
school. His Yiddish terminology for
physics and mathematics were issued in mimeographed form through the Vilna ORT
technical faculty and were used for practical work. He was active leader, collector, and
bibliophile for YIVO. In the Vilna
ghetto he ran technical and Bundist youth programs. He died in the Vilna ghetto.
Sources:
Sh. Katsherginski, Khurbm vilne (The Holocaust in Vilna) (New York,
1947); H. Avramovitsh, in Unzer shtime (Paris) (May 23-24, 1951).
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