Tsukunft publishing operations in Poland after 1945

• Authors: Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat

Abstracts

EN

When resuming its activities in postwar Poland, Tsukunft’s aim was first and foremost to reconstruct its pre-1939 structures, including the renewal of its publishing operations. After 1945, the youth organization revived the publishing house SIB and its main press organ, “Yugnt Veker”. The main purpose of these efforts was to bring back the Yiddish language, to mark its presence, and to resume work on the “Jewish street”. Attempts were also made to attract new members and sympathizers for the Bund’s youth organization. Brochures published by SIB and articles in “Yugnt Veker” provided information on the history of Tsukunft and the Bund, while periodicals also described the activities of regional Tsukunft organizations, were a platform for the political views of members of the youth organization on the current political situation of Jews, and polemicized against the Zionists.

Keywords

EN

Tsukunft; Tsukunft publications; Jewish press; Poland (1945-1949)

• Publisher: Associazione Italiana Polonisti (AIP)
• Journal: pl.it / rassegna italiana di argomenti polacchi
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 13
• Pages: 52-64

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat

• Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences

• https://orcid.org/0000000204941137

References

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• 12 februar (12 February) (1947), “Yugnt Veker”, 1 (2): 4-5.
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• Fun der bundisher yugnt bavegung in Poyln. Geefnt di tsvey zumer-lagern fun Tsukunft un Skif (The Bundist youth movement in Poland: The start of two Tsukunft and Skif summer camps) (1947), “Yugnt Veker”, 5-6 (6-7): 1.
• Fun der yidisher shprakh (The Yiddish language) (1948), “Yugnt Veker”, 1-2 (13-14): 21-22.
• Fun redaktsye (From the Editors) (1946), “Yugnt Veker”, 1: 5.
• Glezer I. (1947), Fun lebn, arbet un kamf. Der vinter-lager fun shtshetsiner Tsukunft (Life, work, and combat: The Szczecin Tsukunft winter camp), “Yugnt Veker”, 2 (3): 15.
• H.B. (1947), Fun lebn, arbet un kamf. Fun der lodzher Tsukunft (Life, work, and combat: From the Tsukunft in Lodz), “Yugnt Veker”, 9 (10): 16.
• H.K. (1948), Notitsn. Vegn a veytogdikn yinien (Comments: A sad affair), “Yugnt Veker”, 3 (15): 14.
• I.K. (1948), 12 februar 1934 (12 February 1934), “Yugnt Veker”, 1-2 (13-14): 2.
• Jungman S. (1947), Tsayt zikh tsu fartrakhtn (Time to think about things), “Yugnt Veker”, 4 (5): 14-15.
• K. (1946), Unter bloye himlen – a frayer dor. Fun tsentral zumer-lager fun Yugnt Bund Tsukunft (Under the blue sky: A free generation. From the central Y.B. Tsukunft summer camp), “Yugnt Veker”, 1: 8-10.
• Kaczmarek W. (1947), Mir marshirn tsuzamen (Marching together), “Yugnt Veker”, 1 (2): 2.
• Khaver Marek (Comrade Marek) (1947), “Yugnt Veker”, 3 (4): 23.
• Kligsberg M. (1947a), Di yomim-tovim fun der nayer tsayt (Holidays in the new times), “Yugnt Veker”, 4 (5): 2-3.
• Kligsberg M. (1947b), Miriam Shifman – a simbol fun dor (Miriam Shifman: Symbol of a generation), “Yugnt Veker”, 9 (10): 4-6.
• Knay Y. (1948), A nisht ayngegebener pruv fun a nidertrekhtikn shantazh… (A failed attempt at humiliating blackmail…), “Yugnt Veker”, 3 (15): 14-15.
• Kol A. (1947), Notitsn. Der Herold fun tsionizm (Comments: Herold of Zionism), “Yugnt Veker”, 9 (10): 10.
• K-sz J. (1946), Treść wychowania socjalistycznego, “Wolna Młodzież” (suplement of “Głos Bundu”), 1: 5.
• Lipski Y. (1947), Tsveyter vinter-lager fun Y.B. Tsukunft (Second winter camp organized by Y.B. Tsukunft), “Yugnt Veker”, 1 (2): 8-9.
• Liuba (1946), Der “Yugnt Veker” – der veg-vayzer fun der yidisher arbeter-yugnt (“Yugnt Veker” – a guide for young Jewish workers), “Yugnt Veker”, 1: 2.
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• Medem V. (1947b), Peretz un mir (Peretz and we), “Yugnt Veker”, 2 (3): 8.
• Medem V. (1947c), Yidish (Yiddish), “Yugnt Veker”, 9 (10): 7.
• Meyerke (1947), Adurkhgelozt a gelegnhayt tsu shvaygn (The opportunity to be silent has passed), “Yugnt Veker”, 9 (10): 10-11.
• Notitsn. Der veg fun shand (Comments: The way of shame) (1947), “Yugnt Veker”, 2 (3): 13.
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Identifiers

DOI

10.57616/PLIT_2022_04

Biblioteka Nauki

28407863