BASHE BERMAN (née TEMKIN) (August 21, 1907-April 30, 1953)
She was married to Adolf Berman. She descended from an eminent Hassidic family
in Warsaw. She was a librarian by
profession and was active in Poale-Tsiyon, one of the leaders of the
underground “Jewish National Committee” during the Nazi occupation of
Warsaw. From 1950 she was living in
Israel. Before WWII, she had published Di
yidishe biblyotekn fun varshe in likht fun tsifern (The Jewish libraries of
Warsaw in light of statistics), as well as articles in the Yiddish and Polish
press after liberation. In Arbeter
tsaytung (Workers’ newspaper), organ of the left Poale-Tsiyon in Warsaw
(issue 4-5, 1946), she published memoirs entitled “Tsvey shvester” (Two sisters),
a story of struggle and self-sacrifice.
In the section on Warsaw in Entsiklopediya shel galut
(Encyclopedia of the Diaspora), vol. 1 (Tel Aviv, 1953), she published a piece
on Jewish literature (pp. 505-14).
Sources:
N. Blumental, in Yediut 3 and in Nay-velt (Tel Aviv) (May 8,
1953); R. Averbakh, in Undzer veg (New York) (July 1953); Y. Turkov, in Tog
(New York) (June 4, 1953).
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