Jewish Writers’ Association in the Sh’erit ha-Pletah

At the initiative of the Yiddish writer David Volpe and the historian Israel Kaplan, a writers’ association was founded in Munich in summer 1946. By the end of October the association had 31 members; a year later 71. In addition to the 43 journalists and 18 writers, it also included ten representatives of the visual arts. Although the group saw itself as an association of Hebrew and Yiddish-speaking writers, only three members described themselves as Hebrew speakers. The writers’ association presumably dissolved in early 1949.