DOVID ROYTENBERG (ROJTENBERG) (b. June 2, 1903)
He was
born in Mezritsh (Międzyrzecz),
Poland. He studied in religious
elementary school. In 1918 he lost both
parents, broke off his studies, and became a boot stitcher. In 1927 he was sentenced to four years in prison
for revolutionary activities. Over the
years 1931-1938, he lived in Danzig and later in Lodz. During WWII he lived in the Soviet
Union. He returned to Poland in 1956,
and in 1969 he settled in Israel. He
began publishing reportage pieces and impressions in Folkstsaytung (People’s newspaper) in Warsaw, using the name “A.
Dantsiger,” and later in: Oktyabr
(October) in Minsk, Eynikeyt (Unity)
in Moscow, Dos naye lebn (The new
life) and Folks-shtime (Voice of the
people) in Warsaw, and Letste nayes
(Latest news) and Yidishe tsaytung (Jewish
newspaper) in Tel Aviv. In book form: a
collection of feature pieces entitled Heymishe
inyonim (Familiar matters) (Warsaw: Yidish bukh, 1962), 80 pp.
Berl Cohen
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