Joseph Kruk
Joseph Kruk (Hebrew: יוסף קרוק, December 5, 1885 in Częstochowa – July 6, 1972 in Jerusalem) was a socialist and Jewish-nationalist activist from his youth in Russia and Poland, where he played a political role between-the-wars. In 1940 he saved his life moving from Poland to Eretz Israel. Utill his death he was known in Israel as a journalist.
Kruk took part in founding the first
In 1906 he went into exile, and traveled over Europe. He studied
Kruk returned to Poland in 1918 and settled down in
By 1927 the Independent Socialist Labour Party was in crisis. The question on cooperation with the communists divided the party. The party was split in two, one group led by Bolesław Drobner and another led by Kruk. Drobner's group merged into the Polish Socialist Party in 1928, whilst Kruk's group continued operate as the Independent Socialist Labour Party.[4] After the split, Kruk took over Drobner's seat as one of the Polish representatives in the executive of the Labour and Socialist International. Kruk was a member of the executive between June 1928 and October 1930, sharing the seat with the Yugoslav socialist leader Živko Topalović (like Drobner had done as well).[5]
In 1937 Kruk and his
In 1939 Kruk migrated to Palestine.[2] In Israel he wrote for the newspapers Davar and Letse Nayes ("Last News").[7] He died in 1972 and is buried at Har HaMenuchot.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d Czestochowa Poland
- ^ a b Kadish, Sharman. Bolsheviks and British Jews: The Anglo-Jewish Community, Britain, and the Russian Revolution. London, England: F. Cass, 1992. p. 187
- ^ UNITED JEWISH SOCIALIST WORKERS' PARTY
- ^ Kowalski, Werner. Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19. Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985. pp. 317-318
- ^ Kowalski, Werner. Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19. Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985. p. 284
- ^ Marcus, Joseph. Social and Political History of the Jews in Poland, 1919-1939. Berlin: Mouton Publishers, 1983. p. 284
- ^ "מת ירסן!קרוק | דבר | 7 יולי 1972 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית".
- ^ "יוסף קרוק BillionGraves Record".