Sunday 3 January 2016

VOLF ARTST (WALTER ARTZT)

VOLF ARTST (WALTER ARTZT) (November 11, 1903-July 9, 1999)
            He was born in Dobromyl, Ukraine with the surname Shmulevitsh.  He studied in religious primary school in Dobromyl.  From there he moved to the United States in 1920.  He subsidized a string of Jewish institutions in America and Israel.  Among his works: Nokhn khurbn (After the Holocaust) (Tel Aviv, 1963), 23, 24 pp.  He died in Florida.



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  1. Unknown21 January 2016 at 14:45

    Walter Artzt was born in Dobromil, not Vienna. Akiva was his father. Walter was a first cousin of my grandfather.

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  2. Joshua Fogel22 January 2016 at 01:23

    Corrections made with thanks.

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