MOYSHE FLAMBOYM (b. 1895)
He was
born in Lodz, Poland. He studied in
religious elementary school and in a public school, later becoming a laborer. Until 1921 he was active in proletarian
cultural work in Lodz, principally in drama circles and theater. In 1922 he moved to Argentina. He became active there in the leftist
movement. For many years he was
secretary of the association of fellow Lodz natives and of “IFT” (Idisher folks
teater [Yiddish people’s theater]) and other leftist institutions. He published articles and memoirs in: Landsmanshaftn (Native-place
associations), Haynt (Today), and Ilustrirte literarishe bleter
(Illustrated literary leaves) in Buenos Aires, among other publications. Over the years 1950-1957, he was co-editor of
the annuals of Unzer lodzh (Our
Lodz), and aside from materials for the history of Jewish Lodz, he also
published there a long work entitled “Epizodn fun der ershter velt-milkhome”
(Episodes from WWI) which concerning the suffering of Lodz Jewry under the
German authorities during WWI. He was
last living in Buenos Aires.
Sources: Yidishe
kultur (New York) (January 1955); Y. Gar and F. Fridman, Biblyografye
fun yidishe bikher vegn khurbn un gvure (Bibliography of Yiddish books
concerning the Holocaust and heroism) (New York, 1962), see index.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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