YOYSEF RAYKH (JOSEF REICH) (1892-September 3, 1971)
He was
born in Belkhatov (Bełchatów), Poland.
He was by trade a tailor with his own methods for cutting material. In his youth he left for Warsaw, where he
worked as an instructor for ORT (Association for the Promotion of Skilled
Trades). During WWII, he fought as a
partisan in Polesia and in the Byelorussian woods. After the war he settled in Melbourne. He published a handbook, Laykhte metodn far tsushnayderay (Easy methods for cutting fabric)
(Warsaw), and concerning his experiences among the partisans, Vald in flamen (Woods in flames) (Buenos
Aires: Yidbukh, 1954), 301 pp. He died
in Melbourne.
Source: Oystralishe
yidishe nayes (Melbourne) (September 10, 1971).
Moyshe Ayzenbud
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