GETSL AYZNER (GUSTAVE EISNER) (1887-December 3, 1939)
Born in Lodz. Early
on, he was orphaned. He studied in
religious school as well as in a private school. He was an active socialist territorialist. During the German occupation of WWI, he worked
in the public realm in Lodz, especially in connection with the petition to
create a Jewish school system. From 1910
to 1918, he worked as a city reporter for Lodzher tageblat (Lodz daily)
as well as a correspondent for Haynt (Today). From 1920 on, he was in New York, working for
a time as a reporter in the Yiddish press.
He was one of the first active builders of the American YIVO. He was the editor of Lodzher almanakh
(Lodz almanac) (New York, 1934) which was published by the Lodz branch of the
Workmen’s Circle. Among his published
works: “Der lodzher rabunek 1892” (The 1892 robbery in Lodz), in Lodzher
almanakh; and concerning the arrest of Y. L. Peretz, in Yivo-bleter
(leaves from YIVO). vol. 5 (1933). He
bequeathed to YIVO a rich collection of materials on the history of the Jewish
labor movement in Poland.
Sources:
Dr. Y. Shatski, in Lodzher yisker-bukh (New York, 1943); Dr. A. Mukdoni,
in Morgn-zhurnal (June 6, 1934).
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