Nachum Zynger, son of Bernard Zynger, well-known political writer for leading Yiddish and Polish dailies in Warsaw, was killed in action during the battle of Tobruk, it is revealed here today. Young Zynger came to Palestine shortly after the outbreak of war and volunteered in the Polish forces here. His father who is now in Kuibyshev, was arrested by the Soviet authorities in Riga and imprisoned for seven months. He was recently released.
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