Ludovic Bruckstein Explained

Ludovic Bruckstein (27 July 1920 – 4 August 1988) was a Romanian writer.

Biography

He was born in Mukachevo, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine), and grew up in Sighet, Maramureș, in the northern region of Transylvania.[1] [2]

He was the son of Mordechai Bruckstein, the owner of a small factory making walking canes, and exporting medicinal plants.[3] His great-grandfather, Chaim-Josef Bruckstein, a Hassidic rabbi was among the first chassidim.[1]

In Spring 1944, after a few months in the Sighet ghetto, the Bruckstein family, father, mother and four children, were deported to Auschwitz, as were all of the town's Jews.[1] Only Bruckstein and his younger brother, Israel, survived.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bruckstein . Alfred M. . Ludovic Bruckstein . Technion . 24 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Publication of The Trap by Ludovic Bruckstein Autumn 2019 . Prodan Romanian Cultural Foundation . 24 September 2019.
  3. Web site: A Lost Classic of WWII, from Romania to the English Bookshelves . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924212234/http://www.icr-london.co.uk/article/a-lost-classic-of-wwii-from-romania-to-the-english-bookshelves.html . 2019-09-24 . 24 September 2019 . ICR.