Barry Trachtenberg - The Holocaust & the Exile of Yiddish: A History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye

TH EHOLOCAUST
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TH EEXIL EOF YIDDISH

TH EHOLOCAUST & TH EEXIL EOF YIDDISH

A History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye

BARRY TRACHT ENB ERG

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS

New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark, New Jersey, and London

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Trachtenberg, Barry, author.

Title: The Holocaust and the exile of Yiddish: a history of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye / Barry Trachtenberg.

Other titles: History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye

Description: New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021028272 | ISBN 9781978825451 (cloth) | ISBN 9781978825475 (epub) | ISBN 9781978825499 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Encyclopedias and dictionaries, YiddishHistory and criticism. | JewsEncyclopediasHistory20th century. | Yiddish literatureBibliography. | Holocaust, Jewish (19391945)Influence. | Central Yiddish Culture OrganizationHistory20th century.

Classification: LCC DS102.8 .T73 2022 | DDC 940.53/18dc23

LC record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2021028272

A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library.

Copyright 2022 by Barry Trachtenberg

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FOR MY PARENTS,

Eleanor P. Trachtenberg and Harvey Trachtenberg,, with love.

TH EHOLOCAUST
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TH EEXIL EOF YIDDISH

FIGURE I.1 Original volumes of the