Friday, 4 December 2015

A. DEMOVITS (DMUBITS)

A. DEMOVITS (DMUBITS)
            He was born in Lomzhe, Poland.  He wrote under the name “Dmubits, Ab” (initials for Avrom ben Yitskhok).  He first published a correspondence piece on November 8, 1896 in Hamelits (The advocate), concerning how the rich buy themselves out of military service, and in their stead children from poor families are seized.  He was later editor of Lomzher shtime (Voice of Lomzhe).  Biographical details remain unknown.


Source: Sefer zikaron lekehilat lomza (Remembrance book for the community of Lomzhe) (Israel, 1952), p. 164.

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