Editing Itzik Feffer (section)

==Early life==
Itzik Feffer was born in [[Shpola]], a town in the [[Zvenigorodka uezd]] (district) of [[Kiev Governorate]], in what was then part of the [[Russian Empire]] and is now part of today's [[Cherkasy Oblast]] in [[Ukraine]]. His father was a teacher of Hebrew, as well as a poet, and served as his son's teacher. He was killed by the [[Nazis]] during the occupation of Ukraine in the [[Second World War]].<ref name="YIVO Biography - Itsik Fefer">{{cite web |last1=Estraikh |first1=Gennady |title=Fefer, Itsik |url=https://encyclopedia.yivo.org/article/1072 |website=The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe |publisher=YIVO |access-date=21 September 2024 |ref=YIVO-biography}}</ref>

Feffer started working at a young age as a printer. In 1917 he joined the [[General Jewish Labour Bund|Bund]] and volunteered for the [[Red Army]] and fought in Ukraine.<ref name="Jewish Currents Winter/Spring 2022">{{cite web |last1=Rothman-Zecher |first1=Moriel |title="I Need My Blood" by Itzik Feffer |url=https://jewishcurrents.org/i-need-my-blood |website=JewishCurrents, Winter/Spring 2022 issue |publisher=Jewish Currents (magazine) |access-date=21 September 2024 |ref=Rothman-Zecher}}</ref> Captured by [[Anton Denikin]]'s counterintelligence, he ended up in a [[Kyiv]] prison, from where he was released by armed workers.