OSHER
PYETRUSHKA (1916-summer 1942)
He was born in Brisk (Brest),
Lithuania. He studied in yeshivas. From 1936 until 1942, he lived in
Warsaw. He worked as a Yiddish and Hebrew
proofreader. He was a much talented
storyteller in both languages. He
contributed stories to: Idisher togblat
(Jewish daily newspaper) in Warsaw; Beys
yankev zhurnal (Beys Yankev journal) in Lodz; and in Hebrew to Darkhenu (Our way) and Deglanu (Our banner), among others, in
Warsaw. His sketch “Habor” (The pit) was
republished in the Hebrew-language anthology Udim (Firebrands) 1 (Jerusalem, 1960), pp. 365-69. He was deported to Treblinka and murdered
there.
Source:
Udim (Jerusalem) 1 (1960), p. 365.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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