Vasily Semyonovich
Grossman
1905-1964
Vasily Semyonovich Grossman (his real name was Joseph Solomonovich Grossman) was a Russian-Soviet writer, journalist, war correspondent. He was a special war correspondent for the newspaper “Krasnaya Zvezda”. He was an author of the “Life and Fate” novel. For his participation in the battle of Stalingrad, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. The words from his essay The Direction of the Main Blow are inscribed on the monument of Mamayev Kurgan. After the war, Vasily Grossman and Ilya Ehrenburg compiled the Black Book-a collection of testimonies and documents about the Holocaust. Grossman’s novel Treblinsky Hell was presented at the Nuremberg Trials as evidence of Nazi crimes. On July 25, 2013 the manuscripts of the novel “Life and Fate” were received by the Ministry of Culture. To commemorate Vasily Grossman, a memorial plaque was placed on the building where Grossman used to live and work. The authors of the project are architect Alexander Velikanov and sculptor Alexander Tsigal. The installation of the plaque was timed to coincide with International Holocaust Memorial Day, which is celebrated on January 27.
Address: Moscow, Krasnoarmeyskaya str., 23
