Yakov “Yankev” Shudrikh (1906-1943) was born in Uhniv (Hivniv / Urnav) in the Lviv (Lemberg) district, in modern Ukraine. He wrote poetry from a young age, and took part in the revolutionary movement. He co-founded the General Jewish Labor Party, and wrote for their organ Der Veg (The Way) as well as many other publications. People sang his poems at demonstrations and illegal literary evenings.
He loved football and played professionally as well as in matches between writers and actors.
During the war, he was confined to the Lviv ghetto. He was murdered by the Gestapo in June 1943.
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