Background
EPSHTEYN, Sh. was born in 1883.
EPSHTEYN, Sh. was born in 1883.
From 1903 member, Bund. Worked in Warsaw and Bialystok. Bialystok district Bund delcg at 5th Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party Congress.
Secretary, Bund Foreign Committee. 1920 joined Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Later member, Centr Bureau, Jewish Section, Central Committee, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
Lived in the United States of America for several years, where he was a prominent figure in the Communist movement. Returned to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Worked for Trade-Union International.
From 1941 exec secretary, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee.
Religion is a tool used by the ruling classes for the masses to relieve their suffering via the act of experiencing religious emotions.
All policy decisions should be made in the light of the continued, permanent development of the theory of Marxism–Leninism.
Communist Party member from 1920.