„Tłomacke 13“ in Erinnerungen von Schriftstellern und Journalisten jiddischer Sprache

Abstract

Modern Yiddish literature is a relatively new phenomenon – it has existed since the second half of the 19th century. The first professional institutions, which aimed to stimulate its developing, came into being only at the beginning of the 20th century. The Union of Jewish Writers and Journalists was established in 1915 and it developed vivid activity until the outbreak of the Second World War. The Union’s headquarters in Warsaw in 13 Tlomatske Street became very quickly an extremely popular place. Thus, „Tłomatske 13“ meant both the address of the Union as well as the legendary socio-cultural institution. The paper tries to reconstruct the role, which the Tlomatske 13 played in the Jewish cultural life at that time, as it was remembered by the Yiddish writers – guests of the Union’s place such as Zusman Segalovitsh, Ber Rozen, Nakhmen Mayzil, Michał Weichert or Melekh Ravitsh.