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Selig Cohen

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Selig Cohen

Birth
Poland
Death
28 Apr 1908 (aged 20–21)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Born in Bialystok-then part of Russian Empire. Better known under his alias of Seelig Silverstein {Silverstein was his mother's surname}. Anarchist who tried to throw a bomb in Union Square New York City but who accidentally ignited it prematurely causing his own eventual death from infection and that of another man {Ignatz Hildebrand of Orange New Jersey} March 28, 1908 . Several contemporary pictures taken after the explosion shown the mortally wounded Silverstein with his victim next to him.

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Born in Bialystok-then part of Russian Empire. Better known under his alias of Seelig Silverstein {Silverstein was his mother's surname}. Anarchist who tried to throw a bomb in Union Square New York City but who accidentally ignited it prematurely causing his own eventual death from infection and that of another man {Ignatz Hildebrand of Orange New Jersey} March 28, 1908 . Several contemporary pictures taken after the explosion shown the mortally wounded Silverstein with his victim next to him.

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  • Maintained by: Kisszac
  • Originally Created by: P Fazzini
  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43101881/selig-cohen: accessed ), memorial page for Selig Cohen (1887–28 Apr 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43101881, citing Beth Israel Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA; Maintained by Kisszac (contributor 49917694).