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Yiddish journalist and writer (1911–1986); Holocaust memorializer
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Icek Shmulewitz (March 14, 1911 – November 12, 1986) was a Yiddish journalist and writer associated with the Yiddish press in Poland, France, and the United States. For many years he was a contributor to the New York Yiddish newspaper The Forverts (The Forward), and he was active in the preservation of Jewish historical memory after the Holocaust through journalism and memorial publications.[1]
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Icek Shmulewitz | |
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| Born | March 14, 1911 Kielce, Poland |
| Died | November 12, 1986 (aged 75) New York City, United States |
| Occupations | Journalist, writer |
| Known for | Yiddish journalism; Holocaust memorial literature |
Early life
Shmulewitz was born on March 14, 1911, in Kielce, Poland. As a young man he became active in the Jewish socialist Bund and began writing for Yiddish-language publications in Poland. Before the Second World War he lived for a period in Łódź and contributed to Yiddish newspapers including Naye Folkstsaytung, Kyeltser Lebn, and Dos Naye Lebn.[2]
War years
After the German invasion of Poland in 1939 he fled eastward into the Soviet Union. During the war years he was imprisoned in Siberia until 1942 and later spent time in Uzbekistan. After the war he returned briefly to Łódź in 1945 before leaving Poland.[3]
Career
In 1946 Shmulewitz moved to Paris, where he continued writing for the Yiddish press, including the newspaper Unzer Shtime. In 1954 he emigrated to the United States and settled in New York City.
Beginning in 1955 he became a regular contributor to the Yiddish newspaper The Forverts (The Forward). His articles frequently dealt with Jewish cultural life, the memory of destroyed Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, and the experiences of Holocaust survivors and Jewish immigrants rebuilding their lives after the war.[4]
Editorial work
Shmulewitz also took part in the postwar effort to document Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust. He served as editor of Der Bialystoker Yizker-Bukh (The Bialystoker Memorial Book), published in New York in 1982 by the Bialystoker Center.[5]
Yizkor books are memorial volumes compiled after the Second World War to document Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust, often containing historical essays, photographs, and survivor testimonies.[8]
He also contributed the essay “Bialystok – A Historical Survey” to that volume.
In addition to his journalism, Shmulewitz lectured at Jewish cultural institutions and landsmanshaftn and was active in Yiddish literary and communal circles.
Legacy
Selected works
- Der Bialystoker Yizker-Bukh (The Bialystoker Memorial Book), editor. New York: Bialystoker Center, 1982.
Archives
An oral history interview with Shmulewitz from 1986 is preserved in the American Jewish Committee Oral History Library and is listed in the New York Public Library research catalog.
Further reading
- "Shmulevitsh, Yitskhok". Congress for Jewish Culture.
- "יצחק שמולעוויץ נפטר". Forverts (in Yiddish). 21 November 1986.
- "שרייבער און זשורנאַליסט יצחק שמולעוויץ איז נפטר". Algemeiner Journal (in Yiddish). 21 November 1986.