Matvei Berman
Matvei Davidovich Berman (Russian: Матвей Давыдович Берман; April 10, 1898 – March 7, 1939) was a Soviet security officer and head of the Gulag Soviet prison camp system from 1932 to 1937.
Matvei Berman | |
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Матвей Берман | |
Berman in 1938 | |
| Head of the Gulag | |
| In office 9 June 1932 – 16 August 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Lazar Kogan |
| Succeeded by | Israel Pliner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1898 Chita, Transbaikal Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 7, 1939 (aged 40) Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1918–1938) |
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