Hirsch Oscherowitsch
Hirsch Oscherowitsch ( Russian Гирш Ошерович ; Transcription: Girsch Oscherowitsch; scientific. Transliteration GIRS Ošerovič ; Lithuanian : GIRSAS Ošerovičius ; born in 1908 in Panevezys , Kovno Governorate (Kaunas), Lithuania , Russian Empire . Died in 1994 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) was a Soviet-Lithuanian writer who wrote in Yiddish and later also in Hebrew .
In 1928 he passed the school leaving examination at the Jewish high school in his homeland. He studied law at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas , where he worked for Di Yidishe Shtime (The Jewish Voice) and other Jewish newspapers. Later he was a correspondent for the Yiddish-language newspaper Ejnikejt , which also published his work. He wrote various publications for the Jewish Antifascist Committee (JAK / JAFK) founded in 1941 . For the black book he contributed two articles about the Holocaust in the city of Kaunas in Lithuania .
He was evacuated to Alma-Ata during World War II and resettled in Vilnius (Wilna) after the war , but in 1949, after the dissolution of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee , he was arrested for alleged anti-Soviet nationalist Zionist activities. In 1956 he was released. In 1971 he emigrated to Israel . He has published various volumes of poetry , one of which is Zunengang. Lider un poemes (Sunshine. Songs and Poems) ( Moscow , Sowetski pissatel, 1969), another Main Ponevež (1974) about his hometown.
The Lithuanian writer Jokūbas Josadė (1911-1995) was friends with him.
Hirsch Oscherowitsch was married to Rivka Schmukler (1911-1993).
See also
References and footnotes
- ^ Idishe Shtime, Di - yivoencyclopedia.org
- ↑ See also 1970s Soviet Union aliyah (English).
- ↑ Russian Советский писатель / Sovetskij pisatel '- Sovetsky Pisatel (English)
literature
- Wassili Grossman / Ilja Ehrenburg (ed.): The Black Book - The Genocide of the Soviet Jews. Rowohlt-Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-498-01655-5 (editor of the German edition: Arno Lustiger )
- Jewsei Zeitlin : Long conversations in anticipation of a happy death. Berlin: Rowohlt Berlin, 2000
- Solomon Atamuk: Jews in Lithuania. A historical overview from the 14th to the 20th century . Konstanz 2000, ISBN 3-89649-200-4
- Helene Czapski-Holzman: "This child should live": the notes of Helene Holzman 1941-1944. Schöffling, 2000 ( partial online view )
Web links
- Osherovitsh, Hirsh - YIVO Encyclopedia
- Oscherowitsch Chirsch - eleven.co.il (Russian)
- Giršas Ošerovičius - pavb.lt (Lithuanian)
- Records or Manuscript Collections Created by Osherowitch, Hirsh
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oscherowitsch, Hirsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ocherovitch, Hirch; Oscherowitsch, Girsch; Ošerovič, Girš; Ošerovičius, Giršas; Osherowitz, Hirsch; Osherovitsh, Hirsh; Osherovich, Girsh Sholomonovich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet-Lithuanian Yiddish-speaking writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Panevėžys , Lithuania, Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1994 |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv , Israel |