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Iosif Rebelsky

Iosif Rebelsky is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Iosif Rebelsky rather than just read about it. In short: Iosif Veniaminovich Rebelsky (Russian: Иосиф Вениаминович Ребельский) (October 16, 1894 – June 6, 1949) was a Soviet psychiatrist, psychologist, educator, professor, best known for the organization of orphanages for the Jewish children who survived the Holocaust in Lithuania. For these activities he was accused of Zionism, sentenced for Gulag labor camps, but died in Butyrka prison, Moscow.

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Reference excerpt

Iosif Veniaminovich Rebelsky (Russian: Иосиф Вениаминович Ребельский) (October 16, 1894 – June 6, 1949) was a Soviet psychiatrist, psychologist, educator, professor, best known for the organization of orphanages for the Jewish children who survived the Holocaust in Lithuania. For these activities he was accused of Zionism, sentenced for Gulag labor camps, but died in Butyrka prison, Moscow.

Biography Iosif Rebelsky was born in Kazatin, now in Ukraine. In 1922 he graduated from the Medical Faculty of Saratov University. In 1941, after the German attack on the Soviet Union he volunteered for the front, and in 1941-45 he served as the chief psychiatrist of the Western, then 3rd Belorussian Front, with the rank of podpolkovnik (lieutenant colonel) of the medical service. He was wounded, shell-shocked, and escaped an encirclement. He organized a system of psychiatric and emergency psychological assistance to military personnel who suffered in emergency situations. He formulated and published the principles and objectives of this assistance. When the Soviet Army entered Lithuania he organized orphanages for the Jewish children who survived the Holocaust in Vilnius and Kaunas which housed over 400 children. In 1948 he was accused of anti-Soviet activities, in particular, of Zionism. Incriminating was his organization of Jewish orphanages. He was sentenced for Gulag labor camps, but died of heart attack in Butyrka prison, Moscow.

Commemoration On September 21, 2013, a memorial plaque dedicated to Rebelsky was unveiled on the house at Žygimantų Street 6, Vilnius. The plaque contains an inscription in Lithuanian, English, Yiddish and Hebrew: "In this house, Professor Iosif Rebelsky founded an orphanage and school, which operated in 1944–1950".

Notable works Азбука умственного труда [The ABC of Mental Labor] Изд. МГСПС Труд и Книга. М, 1930, 129pp "Состояние психиатрической помощи на Западном фронте ко второй годовщине Отечественной войны и её очередные задачи." Военная медицина на Западном фронте в Великой Отечественной войне. 1944, no 8, pp. 18-40

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References

Further reading Фредди Зорин, К 65-й годовщине освобождения Литвы от фашистов. ДЕТИ КАТАСТРОФЫ

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Iosif Rebelsky

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Iosif Rebelsky claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Iosif Rebelsky before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Iosif Rebelsky ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Iosif Rebelsky

In research: Iosif Rebelsky appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Iosif Rebelsky in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Iosif Rebelsky is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1894 births, 1949 deaths, 20th-century Ukrainian Jews, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Iosif Rebelsky outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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