David Edelstadt

David Edelstadt (born 9 May 1866 in Kaluga, October 17, 1892 in Denver) is a Jewish poet who was born in Russia and an American anarchist activist in Russia. At nine years old he began to write his first poems, three years later his works began to appear in the local press. After the pogrom of the Jews, which took place on 8 May 1881 decided to leave Kiev. In 1882 he emigrated to the United States, where he joined the emerging anarchist movement, and became a member of the Pionire der Frajhajt, a New York-based group. This group was formed after the arrest in Chicago so-called. Haymarket Martyrs, one of the postulates was an eight-hour work day, apart from David Edelstadt, the activists included Saul Yanowsky, Roman Lewis, Hillel Solotaroff, Moshe Katz and J.A. Maryson. Members of the group collected funds for organizing rallies and helping families arrested in Chicago, among others. They organized football games, from which income was sent to the families of the accused. They actively propagandized anarchist propaganda among the many Jewish immigrants arriving and established a Yiddish-based grouping that published a booklet about events in Haymarket. Their activities led to the emergence of anarchist groups in Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia and Providence. They maintained contact with a group of Jewish anarchists in London, and David Edelstadt wrote to the Yiddish newspaper "Arbiter Fraynd" in Yiddish, UK. He was the third editor-in-chief of "Freie Arbiter Stimme" (Free Voice of Labor), where he led thematic columns and published his poems, among others. a series dedicated to Chicago's anarchists. Severe living conditions and chronic malnutrition caused him to become ill with tuberculosis, which in sharp turn caused that in October 1891 he resigned from editorial office and went to Denver for treatment, despite his deteriorating state of health did not cease his work. He died on October 17, 1892, at the age of 26. It rests on Golden Hill Cementery in Golden, Colorado.

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