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Augenfeld, David, 1912-2004
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Dates of existence
1912-2004
History
David Augenfeld was active in the Lithuanian partisan resistance in the Vilnius ghetto. Escaping with his future wife, Liba, in 1943, they joined the Jewish unit of the Voroshilov, a partisan group active in Narocz forest, where they remained until liberated by Soviet forces in July 1944. They immigrated to Montreal in 1948 and Augenfeld set up a knitting mill, which he ran for thirty years. He and Liba were also involved in the Yiddish programming of the Jewish Public Library, where he served as president from 1977-1979.