Alexander Berkham
By: Jordan Walls
Job Title And Age
(November 21, 1870 – June 28, 1936)Alexander was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing.
Born November 21, 1870
Vilnius ,Vilna, Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: June 28,1936 (age 65)
Family Life And Backround
Berkman's father, Osip Berkman, was a successful leather merchant, and his mother, Yetta Berkman (née Natanson), came from a prosperous family. His mother and a father both died when he was 15. In 1877, Osip Berkman was granted the right, as a successful businessman, to move from the Pale of settlement to which Jews were generally restricted in the Russian Empire. Berkman attended the gymnasium, where he received a classical education with the youth of Saint Petersburg's elite.
Image that represents Alexander
This is one of the images that symbolized alexander qualities in my opinion because he was a writer.
Another book
This was another book that Alex published in his later years
Quote
Inhumanity is the keynote of stupidity in power.
How he became what he was
How He Became A Leader
In 1926, the Jewish Anarchist Federation of New York asked Berkman to write an introduction to anarchism intended for the general public. By presenting the principles of anarchism in plain language, the New York anarchists hoped that readers might be swayed to support the movement or, at least that the book might improve the public image of anarchism and anarchists.
5 Interesting Facts
He died weeks before the Spanish revolution
He was very sick in the early 1936
He spent 21 years in prison
Alexander planned an assassination with his friends which failed
He ended up killing himself after being sick