ABBA (ABE) BALOSHER (1868-March 27, 1944)
He was born in Svir (Swir), Vilna district. He lived in Kovno, Lithuania. He was one of the most prominent, local
cultural leaders and a Hebrew-language maskil.
He wrote articles for Yidishe shtime (Jewish voice) in
Kovno. Among his books: Der patron
fun dem beys hayesoymim rebe yitskhok elkhonen spektor zts”l (Patron of the
orphanage, Rebbe Yitskhok Elchanan Spektor, may the memory of this righteous
person be for a blessing) (Kaunas, Kislev 1939), 46 pp. He died during an action against older people
in the Kovno ghetto.
Source:
Yoysef Gar, Umkum fun der yidisher kovne (Destruction of Jewish Kovno)
(Munich, 1948).
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