About
A Latvian writer, physician, and Holocaust survivor, he published his famous work, Yet Icebound Rivers Flow, in 1957. The work was influenced by his time spent in Nazi concentration camps.
Before Fame
He joined the Young Communist League and was arrested in 1941 during the Nazi Occupation of Latvia.
Trivia
He escaped from the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Family Life
He was born in Rujiena, Latvia to a municipal employee father.
Associated With
He and Elie Wiesel were both Holocaust survivors who wrote about their experiences.
