RE: [Cz-L] Moishe Altman question

 You see, dear Ina,

everything in modern Yiddish culture started on August 30, 1908 in
Czernowitz , at the sensational Language Conference (Sprachkonferenz).

I add some new information : in the on-line pdf book published In Memoriam
Meschulem Surkis there is a chapter about E.Staynbarg, M. Altmann and
Y.Sternberg ( the three 'Lipkaners") on page 85 of 170.

http://archive.org/details/nybc204442

On page 104 of 170 there is a picture : the second from left (sitting) is
M.Altmann in 1968, in Czernowitz .

M. Altmann is also a co-signer of the Obituary to M.Surkis in 1976 . ( on
page 33 of 170) The obituary was first published in the "Naye presse", #75;
1976.

Many thanks to Alex Rosner, who sent this link some time ago. His parents
were friends with M.Surkis in Chernivtsi after the war ,in the 1950s -60s.

My parents were friends with Surkis from the 1920s-30s till 1946 when they
left Cz.

Regards,
Irene

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bounce-63666997-3499296_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Ina lancman
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:54 AM
To: Czernowitz Genealogy and History; Lancman Ina
Cc: David Gleiser
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Moishe Altman question

Hi David,
Moishe Altman was a friend of my father, the Yiddish poet, Naftali Hertz
Kon. I remember him and his wife visiting us often in Czernowitz/Chernovtsy.
I used to call him uncle Misha. We lived very close to Folksgarten, and
these visits often ended up with strolls there. This was after my father's
release from the Gulag in 1956. Unfortunately, I don't remember much else.

I do, however, have one interesting piece of information about Altman, and
it comes from a Polish secret police file from 1960, which I recently
received on a CD from the Institute of National Memory In Warsaw. The
Institute, similarly to the Gauck Authority in Germany, took over the
communist-era secret police files. The files are available to the regime's
victims or their kin. I will be glad to translate for you the bit about
Altman.

I think I have a group photo of the Czernowitz Yiddish writers: Moishe
Altman, Meir Haratz, Yosele Lerner, and one other person, whose name I can't
recall at the moment, taken in the 70s, after we had left for Poland. They
were all close friends of my dad. If you don't have this photo, I'll try to
find it. I am also in touch with Haratz's daughter, who lives in Jerusalem.
She might have some stories to tell.

I was surprised to learn from Altman's YIVO bio that he had never left
Czernowitz... I was under the impression that he had made it to Israel.

Best,
Ina
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