History
A book about Panfilov’s soldiers in Hebrew
Alexander Bek, Bauyrzhan Momyshuly and the story of a translation.
Published
This is a translation. The original is Русский. Language review: not performed by a native speaker.
Alexander Bek’s book about Panfilov’s soldiers was published in Hebrew as “אנשי פאנפילוב” (“Panfilov’s Soldiers”). The publisher’s catalogue entry names Shlomo Even-Shoshan as the translator and gives the year 1946.
For a reader in Kazakhstan, the book is associated with Bauyrzhan Momyshuly and the defence of Moscow.
The publisher notes the book’s influence on a generation of Jewish fighters during Israel’s War of Independence.