Zelig Hirsch Kalmanovich (Latvian: Zēlig Hirš Kalmanovič) (1885, Kuldiga - 1944, Narva) was a Litvak Jewish philologist, translator, historian, and community archivist of the early 20th century. He was a renowned scholar of Yiddish. In 1929 he settled in Vilna where he became an early director of YIVO.
He was incarcerated in the Vilna Ghetto where he became an observant...
Date of birth:
- 1885
Date of death:
- 1944
