Yitzhak Avidov

Yitzhak Avidov was born in 1917 in Poland

Yitzhak Avidov, also known as Pasha, was born in Poland in 1917. His original family name was Reichman.

During the Holocaust he belonged to a group of partisans in the forests of Ukraine. His wife, Dora Avidov, was in the group with him.

After the war he and his wife helped found the Bricha, which moved Jews from Eastern Europe to the west and on to the Land of Israel. With Abba Kovner they also helped found Nakam, a group that carried out revenge actions against Nazis responsible for killing Jews.

He died in Israel and was buried at Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem.