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Address:

Tashah St 11, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Category:

Monuments and History

City:

Tel Aviv

Country:

Israel

Shape:

Square

Material:

Stone, marble …

Placement:

Wall or fence

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On the sign:

סמל העיר תל אביב
בבית הזה גר ויצר
אברהם סוצקבר
מגדולי המשורים והיוצרים ביידיש
תרע"ג - תש"ע 1913 - 2010

ONE OF THE GREATEST YIDDISH POETS AND WRITERS
ABRAHAM SUTZKEVER
LIVED & WORKED IN THIS HOUSE

אין דעם בנין
האט געלעבט און געשאפן
אברהם סוצקעוור
איינער פון די גרעסטע פאעטן
און שאפערס אין יידיש
תרע"ג - תש"ע 1913 - 2010

Photography:

2019
Eli Zvuluny

Comments:

Note that in addition to the usual plaque, a plaque with the text in Yiddish was added

The sign is in the house where Avraham Sutzkever lived - a poet, born in Smorgon, Belarus (1913-2010), immigrated to Israel in 1947.
One of the most important Yiddish poets of the twentieth century. During World War II, he was exiled to the Vilnius ghetto, where he wrote the song that became the ghetto anthem. He later fled the ghetto and joined the partisan forces. Even when he arrived in Israel, he continued to be honored in the Yiddish language.
Won the Israel Prize for Yiddish Literature (1985) and the Itzik Manger Prize for Literary Work in Yiddish.
The sign above his house in Tel Aviv was placed in 2013

The following photo taken on the same day shows the location of the sign and the building

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