Iosif Veniaminovich Rebelsky (Russian: Иосиф Вениаминович Ребельский[a]) (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.
He was sentenced for Gulag labor camps, but died of heart attack in Butyrka prison, Moscow.
[4][7] 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".