HERSH-YANKL KOYFMAN (b. September 1910)
He was
born in Sokolov-Podlask (Sokolów-Podlaski), Shedlets (Siedlce) district, Poland,
into a working-class family. From age
nine to thirteen, he was blind. He
graduated from a Polish trade school and worked in Warsaw. From 1936 he was living in France. During WWII he was involved with the French
resistance movement. He helped published
the anarchist Fraye tribune (Free
tribune). He wrote for: Fraye arbeter shtime (Free voice of
labor) in New York; and Unzer shtime
(Our voice) in Paris; among other serials.
In book form: Unter der daytshisher
okupatsye in frankraykh (Under German occupation in France) (Paris, 1964),
479 pp. Pseudonyms include: Sokol and Danshera-Homo.
Sources: Y. Kornhendler, in Arbeter-vort (Paris) (December 18, 1964); Elye (Elias) Shulman, in Tsukunft (New York) (May-June 1967).
Berl Cohen
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