GERSHON
LUSTIGER
He was born in Khelm (Chełm), Poland. He was a member of
the administration of ORT (Association for the Promotion of Skilled
Trades), secretary of the craftsmen’s union, and an active leader in the Tarbut
schools in Chełm. Over the years 1930-1933, he edited the
craftsmen’s section of Khelmer vokhnblat (Chełm
weekly newspaper). From 1934 he was a
member of the editorial board of the weekly Khelmer shtime (Voice of Chełm), later its editor—until the day of his death in the
ghetto under the Nazis.
Sources:
H. Shishler, in Yizker-bukh khelm
(Remembrance volume for Chełm) (Johannesburg, 1954),
see index; Shishler, in Keneder odler (Montreal) (April 5, 1948).
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