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Samuel Sydney Silverman (8 October 1895 – 9 February 1968) was a British Labour politician and vocal opponent of capital punishment . Early life. Silverman was born in poverty to migrant Jewish parents from Jassy, Romania. [1] . His father was a draper living in the Kensington Fields area of Liverpool .
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Sep 30, 2021 · Continuing our series on the history of Jewish MPs we turn our attention to Sydney Silverman. A politician unafraid to tackle the most serious subjects that others refused to be drawn upon. This blog was written by Richard Ward, Assistant Archives Officer. Sydney Silverman, 1964, Parliamentary Archives, PUD/14/717.
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Feb 8, 2021 · As dark clouds loomed over Europe Shinwell and fellow Jewish member Sydney Silverman urged for government intervention in the Spanish Civil War. On the 4 th April 1938 at a Question Time debate, he lost his cool on the subject prompting Commander Bower MP to say, ‘Go back to Poland’.
Samuel Sydney Silverman (8 October 1895 - 9 February 1968) was a British Labour politician and vocal opponent of capital punishment. Contents. 1 Early life. 2 Career. 3 Opponent of capital punishment. 4 Life chronology. Early life.
