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Mikhoel Burshtin Author

Born in Bloyne, part of Mazovia in Poland, Mikhoel Burshtin (1897-1945) ran away from home at thirteen, but subsequently attended high school and earned a teaching certificate. He spent the rest of his life as a school teacher until being confined in the Kovcno Ghetto and then murdered in Dachau.