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Mrs. Tzippe Bergelson, Widow of Executed Russian Writer, Dead at 65

February 10, 1969
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Mrs. Tzippe Bergelson, widow of the famous Soviet-Jewish novelist David Bergelson, died in Moscow at 65, according to news reaching here. A group of Yiddish writers attended her funeral in addition to her family. Mr. Bergelson was one of the Yiddish writers executed by Josef Stalin.

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