Aaron Katz

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This article is about the Russian General. For the independent filmmaker see Aaron Katz (filmmaker).

Aaron Katz (Russian: Аарон Кац; 1901-1971) was Major General in the Red Army and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC).

Born in the town (shtetl) Ryasny in Belarus, he joined the army in 1919 and later graduated from a military academy.

During Great Patriotic War, since 1942 he was in charge of the Red Army agency responsible for draft and formation of army divisions. In view of enormous losses suffered by the army, his position was of great importance. This did not prevent his discharge from the army in 1947 and subsequent arrest in 1948 as a member of the JAC. He survived the beatings and was released from jail upon Joseph Stalin's death (1953) and died in Moscow in 1971.