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Eliezer Schindler
Eliezer Schindler (; 1892–1957) was a Jewish writer, poet, and activist. He wrote 31 books in Yiddish. Biography Schindler was born in a Hasidic family in Tyczyn, Poland, and grew up in Munich. There, he took part in the work of numerous Yiddishist and Zionist organizations and had his first poetry book published in 1912. Two years later, he was drafted by the Austro-Hungarian Army and took part in World War I. He was wounded in battle and captured by the Russians as a prisoner of war. He spent over three years in Siberia, Kazakhstan and the Lower Volga, traveling between villages and working at farms. Eventually, he moved to Astrakhan by the Caspian Sea. There, he met a group of Subbotniks, i.e. aspiring converts to Judaism of Slavic background. He helped them learn Hebrew and taught them Judaism and Zionist ideas. Schindler's poetry books ''Fun step un yishuv'' and ''Lider'', published in 1922 and 1929, respectively, include a number of poems about his time in Astrakhan an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyczyn
Tyczyn is a town in southern Poland with a population of 3,353 inhabitants (02.06.2009). It is located in the Rzeszów County of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It is a suburb of the regional capital Rzeszów. Geography Tyczyn is located in the lower Carpathian foothills, about halfway between the cities of Kraków to the west and Lviv (Lwów) to the east. The center of town is on top of a hill surrounded by numerous farming villages. To the north of town is the Strug (river), Strug River. History In 1368, King Casimir III of Poland granted Bartold Tyczner, a merchant from Moravia, a part of the former royal forest to establish a town. Possibly in the late 14th century, it became a private town of the Pilecki family. The Jews migrated into the area during the 15th and 16th centuries. The town grew and dominated the area until the mid-17th century when it was destroyed first by a Tatars, Tatar and later by a Cossack invasion. Following the Partitions of Poland, during the years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
