Valt, Reyzl
1914 - WWII
She was born 1914 in Vilna, graduated from a Jewish high school and studied at Vilna University. She was a research student, 1937-1938, at YIVO in Vilna.
Among her writings: “Dos Yidish-Veltlekhe Shul-Vezn in Vilne biz der Grindung fun Tsentraln Bildungs-Komitet” (The Secular Jewish School Curricula in Vilna Prior to the Founding of the Central Educational Committee), a portion of which—entitled “Der Kamf in der Mefitse Haskole 1915-1917” (The Struggle at the [Society for the] Promotion of Enlightenment [among the Jews], 1915-1917)—was published in YIVO-Bleter (YIVO Monthly Bulletin) in Vilna (1937), pp. 420-33.
Her younger sister was Leye Valt.
She, as with her sister, was murdered by the Germans during WWII.
Sources: L. Ran, 25 Yor Yung Vilne (Twenty-Five Years of Young Vilna) (New York, 1955); information from Dr. Max Weinreich.