[Mendele] MENDELE Personal Notices and Announcements--Seeking information on Yosef Shimen Goldshteyn and daily life in Jewish Warsaw 1935-1938
Victor Bers
victor.bers at yale.edu
Fri Oct 17 13:26:01 EDT 2008
MENDELE Yiddish Language and Literature
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Oct. 17, 2008
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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:12:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jordan Magill <jamagill at pacbell.net>
Subject: Yosef Shimen Goldshteyn
I am a writer currently working on a novel that takes place in Warsaw in
the late 1930s. The main character is based on a historical personage, the
Yiddish writer and humorist Yosef Shimen Goldshteyn, who wrote for Haynt
and later for the Forverts.
I am searching for assistance in two areas. First, if anyone has any
personal knowledge of Goldshteyn, it would be heaven sent. In particular,
I have been unable to find much information on the family he left behind
in Warsaw when he fled the Nazis, all of whom were killed. The only
information I've been able to find to date is that I believe his wife
was a musician with the Warsaw Philharmonic, but I cannot even locate her
name. With regard to their children, I can find nothing.
I am secondarily interested with anyone who can provide good details on
daily life in Jewish Warsaw in the period from 1935-1938.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks for your time and consideration.
Jordan Magill
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