Mordechai Strigler was born in 1918 to a Hasidic family in Stabrów (near Zamość, Poland).
He began studying a yeshiva at a very young age and at the age of eighteen had completed his Talmudic studies in two other yeshivas (Luck, Kleck).[1]
He also obtained a rabbi diploma.The fact that Strigler was actually born in 1918 and not, as can often be read, in 1921, is evident from the original birth certificate that his daughter was able to locate in Poland. Apparently Strigler had a penchant for specifying his year of birth as 1921. From 1937 he worked as a moral preacher in the Warsaw Great Synagogue.[2] After the Germans invaded Poland, he tried to return to his parents. However, he failed, was captured by the Germans and spent the following years in various forced ghettos and concentration camps. From June 1943 he was then a prisoner in the Majdanek concentration camp. On July 28, 1943, he was transported from there to work camp C in Skarżysko-Kamienna by prisoner transport. It was an ammunition factory belonging to the HASAG Group, in which the prisoners without protective clothing were exposed to the picric acid used to fill underwater mines. This yellowing substance led to severe poisoning and reduced the life expectancy of the inmates to three months. He wrote about his one-year stay there during his imprisonment, but these records were lost. He was released on 11 April 1945 in Buchenwald. All in all, his ordeal led him through twelve different camps, although there is still no complete list of all “stations”.
Emigration and journalismedit
After the end of the World War, Strigler found a job with the Yiddish magazine Undzer Vort in Paris and settled there for the next seven years. The six-volume work Oisgebrente Likht (Extinguished Lights) was written here between 1948 and 1952 in which Strigler reports on his experience of the Shoah. Strigler had been in contact with the American-Jewish poet H. Leivick since 1945. He quickly recognized its literary potential. In 1952 Strigler emigrated to the United States and became editor of the Yiddish weekly Yidischer Kemfer in New York. He worked there until 1995 and wrote countless articles under 20 pseudonyms; between 1987 and 1998, the year of his death, he also worked for the then Yiddish daily newspaper Forverts. With his wife Esther he had a daughter, Leah. On May 10, 1998, Strigler died in New York of brain injuries sustained in a fall.
Literary workedit
In addition to his journalistic texts, Strigler also wrote poems, memoirs, political commentaries, and stories and novels. The focus of his fictionalnarrative texts was the life of Polish Jews before the Second World War. It was also important to him not only to depict the personal and collective experience of the camp stays during the Nazi regime in a literary way, but also to analyze it.[3]
Tsu Aykh Shvester un Brider Bafrayte (To my liberated sisters and brothers), 1945.
In a Fremdn Dor: Lider un Poemen (In a strange generation: Poems and ballads), 1947.
Majdanek, 1947 (German first edition: Majdanek. Verloschene Lichter. An early contemporary witness report from the death camp. From the Yiddish by Sigrid Beisel. Ed. By Frank Beer. Zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2016, ISBN978-3-86674-527-8)
In di Fabrikn Fun Toyt, 1948 (German first edition: In den Fabriken des Todes. Verloschene Lichter II. An early contemporary witness report from the labor camp. From Yiddish by Sigrid Beisel. Ed. By Frank Beer. Zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2017, ISBN978-3-86674-557-5)
Di Ershte Libe Fun Kopl Matsh: Roman (The first love of Kopl Matsh: Roman), 1948. Verk Tse (Werk C), 2 volumes, 1950 (German first edition: Werk C. Verloschene Lichter III. A contemporary witness report from the factories of death. From Yiddish by Sigrid Beisel. Ed. By Frank Beer. Zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2019, ISBN978-3-86674-595-7)
Goyroles (Fates), 2 volumes, 1952.
Georemt Mitn Vint: Historical novel Fun Yidishn Lebn in Poyln (Arm in arm with the wind: A historical novel about Jewish life in Poland), 1955. Indzlen Oyf der Erd: Noveln (Islands on Earth: Stories), 1957. Shmuesn Mit der Tsayt (Conversations with Time), 2 volumes, 1959–61.
Prizes and awardsedit
In 1978, Strigler received the Itzik Manger Prize for Yiddish Literature. In 1998 he was to be awarded an honorary doctorate in Hebrew literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. A few days before the award ceremony, however, Strigler died in New York.
Literatureedit
Susanne Klingenstein: The Voice of the Survivor, in: FAZ, June 18, 2016, p. 20. Jan Schwarz: Survivors and Exiles: Yiddish culture after the Holocaust. Detroit: Wayne State Univ. Press, 2015.
Referencesedit
^Yechiel Szeintuch: Mordechai Strigler und die Notwendigkeit der realistischen Schoahbeschreibung. Eine Einführung, in: Mordechai Strigler: Majdanek. Verloschene Lichter. Ein früher Zeitzeugenbericht vom Todeslager. Hg. v. Frank Beer. Zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2016, S. 5.
^Yechiel Szeintuch: Mordechai Strigler und die Notwendigkeit der realistischen Schoahbeschreibung. Eine Einführung, in: Mordechai Strigler: Majdanek. Verloschene Lichter. Ein früher Zeitzeugenbericht vom Todeslager. Hg. v. Frank Beer. Zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2016, S. 5.
^Yechiel Szeintuch: Mordechai Strigler und die Notwendigkeit der realistischen Schoahbeschreibung. Eine Einführung, in: Mordechai Strigler: Majdanek. Verloschene Lichter. Ein früher Zeitzeugenbericht vom Todeslager. Hg. v. Frank Beer. Zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2016, S. 7.
Mordechai Strigler's obituary at The New York Times
Mordechai Strigler's obituary at Jewish News Weekly
Mordechai Strigler at the Encyclopædia Britannica
January 01, 1970
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Mordechai Strigler September 21 1921 May 10 1998 was a prolific Polish born Yiddish writer and editor of the Yiddish Forward Mordechai Strigler was born in 1918 to a Hasidic family in Stabrow near Zamosc Poland Contents 1 Childhood adolescence and World War II 2 Emigration and journalism 3 Literary work 4 Prizes and awards 5 Literature 6 ReferencesChildhood adolescence and World War II editMordechai Strigler was born in 1918 to a Hasidic family in Stabrow near Zamosc Poland He began studying a yeshiva at a very young age and at the age of eighteen had completed his Talmudic studies in two other yeshivas Luck Kleck 1 He also obtained a rabbi diploma The fact that Strigler was actually born in 1918 and not as can often be read in 1921 is evident from the original birth certificate that his daughter was able to locate in Poland Apparently Strigler had a penchant for specifying his year of birth as 1921 From 1937 he worked as a moral preacher in the Warsaw Great Synagogue 2 After the Germans invaded Poland he tried to return to his parents However he failed was captured by the Germans and spent the following years in various forced ghettos and concentration camps From June 1943 he was then a prisoner in the Majdanek concentration camp On July 28 1943 he was transported from there to work camp C in Skarzysko Kamienna by prisoner transport It was an ammunition factory belonging to the HASAG Group in which the prisoners without protective clothing were exposed to the picric acid used to fill underwater mines This yellowing substance led to severe poisoning and reduced the life expectancy of the inmates to three months He wrote about his one year stay there during his imprisonment but these records were lost He was released on 11 April 1945 in Buchenwald All in all his ordeal led him through twelve different camps although there is still no complete list of all stations Emigration and journalism editAfter the end of the World War Strigler found a job with the Yiddish magazine Undzer Vort in Paris and settled there for the next seven years The six volume work Oisgebrente Likht Extinguished Lights was written here between 1948 and 1952 in which Strigler reports on his experience of the Shoah Strigler had been in contact with the American Jewish poet H Leivick since 1945 He quickly recognized its literary potential In 1952 Strigler emigrated to the United States and became editor of the Yiddish weekly Yidischer Kemfer in New York He worked there until 1995 and wrote countless articles under 20 pseudonyms between 1987 and 1998 the year of his death he also worked for the then Yiddish daily newspaper Forverts With his wife Esther he had a daughter Leah On May 10 1998 Strigler died in New York of brain injuries sustained in a fall Literary work editIn addition to his journalistic texts Strigler also wrote poems memoirs political commentaries and stories and novels The focus of his fictional narrative texts was the life of Polish Jews before the Second World War It was also important to him not only to depict the personal and collective experience of the camp stays during the Nazi regime in a literary way but also to analyze it 3 Tsu Aykh Shvester un Brider Bafrayte To my liberated sisters and brothers 1945 In a Fremdn Dor Lider un Poemen In a strange generation Poems and ballads 1947 Majdanek 1947 German first edition Majdanek Verloschene Lichter An early contemporary witness report from the death camp From the Yiddish by Sigrid Beisel Ed By Frank Beer Zu Klampen Verlag Springe 2016 ISBN 978 3 86674 527 8 In di Fabrikn Fun Toyt 1948 German first edition In den Fabriken des Todes Verloschene Lichter II An early contemporary witness report from the labor camp From Yiddish by Sigrid Beisel Ed By Frank Beer Zu Klampen Verlag Springe 2017 ISBN 978 3 86674 557 5 Di Ershte Libe Fun Kopl Matsh Roman The first love of Kopl Matsh Roman 1948 Verk Tse Werk C 2 volumes 1950 German first edition Werk C Verloschene Lichter III A contemporary witness report from the factories of death From Yiddish by Sigrid Beisel Ed By Frank Beer Zu Klampen Verlag Springe 2019 ISBN 978 3 86674 595 7 Goyroles Fates 2 volumes 1952 Georemt Mitn Vint Historical novel Fun Yidishn Lebn in Poyln Arm in arm with the wind A historical novel about Jewish life in Poland 1955 Indzlen Oyf der Erd Noveln Islands on Earth Stories 1957 Shmuesn Mit der Tsayt Conversations with Time 2 volumes 1959 61 Prizes and awards editIn 1978 Strigler received the Itzik Manger Prize for Yiddish Literature In 1998 he was to be awarded an honorary doctorate in Hebrew literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America A few days before the award ceremony however Strigler died in New York Literature editSusanne Klingenstein The Voice of the Survivor in FAZ June 18 2016 p 20 Jan Schwarz Survivors and Exiles Yiddish culture after the Holocaust Detroit Wayne State Univ Press 2015 References edit Yechiel Szeintuch Mordechai Strigler und die Notwendigkeit der realistischen Schoahbeschreibung Eine Einfuhrung in Mordechai Strigler Majdanek Verloschene Lichter Ein fruher Zeitzeugenbericht vom Todeslager Hg v Frank Beer Zu Klampen Verlag Springe 2016 S 5 Yechiel Szeintuch Mordechai Strigler und die Notwendigkeit der realistischen Schoahbeschreibung Eine Einfuhrung in Mordechai Strigler Majdanek Verloschene Lichter Ein fruher Zeitzeugenbericht vom Todeslager Hg v Frank Beer Zu Klampen Verlag Springe 2016 S 5 Yechiel Szeintuch Mordechai Strigler und die Notwendigkeit der realistischen Schoahbeschreibung Eine Einfuhrung in Mordechai Strigler Majdanek Verloschene Lichter Ein fruher Zeitzeugenbericht vom Todeslager Hg v Frank Beer Zu Klampen Verlag Springe 2016 S 7 Mordechai Strigler s obituary at The New York Times Mordechai Strigler s obituary at Jewish News Weekly Mordechai Strigler at the Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mordechai Strigler amp oldid 1165550976, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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