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Title: Prewar and Wartime Periodicals, 1918-1945

Predominant Dates:1918 -- 1939

ID: RG-17/RG-17

Primary Creator: Illustrated News

Other Creators: Loen, Cornelius, Pravda (The Truth), the main Soviet daily, organ of the Communist Party of the USSR (1946)

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement:

The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Record group is comprised of eighteen collections and two items, the collections of which are: 1. Collection of wartime Jewish periodicals in Poland; 2. Collection of postwar periodicals; 3. Collection of periodicals in Yiddish; 4. Collection of publications by the Allied powers; 5. Collection of French publications; 6. Collection of Yugoslavian prewar and wartime publications; 7. Collection of Hungarian wartime newspapers; 8. Collection of German wartime newspapers; 9. Collection of Swiss wartime newspapers; 10. Collection of Italian wartime publications; 11. Collection of Los Angeles wartime publications; 12. Prewar Chwila publications; 13. Prewar Dilo publications; 14. Collection of Nazi interwar news publications; 15. Prewar Sygnaly publications; 16. Cornelius Leon collection of wartime periodicals; 17. Herbert Lothar Aron papers; 18. Collection of prewar Austrian publications.

Languages: Polish, Ukrainian, German, Yiddish, French, Hungarian, Serbian, Croatian, Russian, English

Abstract

Prewar, waratime and postwar periodical publications reflects on the European affairs of the first half of the 20th century. Polish and Ukrainian dailies of the interwar time are most fully represented

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This record group is comprised of periodicals and publications, published in at least ten languages, from before, during, and soon after the Second World War. There are collections of newspapers and magazines in Yiddish; Yugoslavian wartime newspapers; Hungarian wartime newspapers; German-Nazi prewar and wartime newspapers; Italian prewar and wartime newspapers; newspapers published by the French Resistance; American wartime and postwar newspapers; and British wartime and postwar newspapers. A special collection of Los Angeles-based newspapers, published in the 1930s and in the 1940s, reflects international affairs and the Jewish predicament in Europe as the National Socialists attained power in Germany. This collection is exhibited in the museum halls.

The wide spectrum of European and American media in this record group reflects regional and European explications of the interwar and wartime period and the developments in each. Prewar and wartime perspectives of various political forces are well represented within these materials, for example prewar Jewish (published in Polish) and Ukrainian periodicals represent the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Polish-Ukrainian, Ukrainian-Jewish and Polish-Ukrainian relations in Eastern Galicia.

Materials in this record group includes periodicals, which are comprised of narratives, illustrative photo-publications, magazines, and informational bulletins. Prewar Eastern Galician editions contain chronicles of the trials, analytical articles and political agitation, often election-related. Periodicals are partially digitized.

Biographical Note

Illustrated News was a German economic propaganda publication.

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Access Restrictions: No restrictions

Use Restrictions:

Copyrighted materials, credits to and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required

Digital copies might be available upon request

Preferred Citation: RG-17, Prewar, Wartime, and Postwar Periodicals. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Archive.

Processing Information: Materials are primarily described using the local descriptive standards of the LA Museum of the Holocaust.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: RG-17.01, Wartime Jewish Periodicals, Poland, 1940 -- 1941],
[Folder 2: RG-17.02, Postwar Periodicals, in Polish and Russian languages, 1945 -- 1946],
[Folder 3: RG-17.03, Periodicals in Yiddish, 1930s --1940s],
[Folder 4: RG-17.04, LIFE magazine collection, 1939 -- 1940, 1939 -- 1940],
[Folder 5: RG-17.05, Periodicals published in France, 1940 -- 1945, 1940 --1945],
[Folder 6: RG-17.06, Yugoslavian Prewar and Wartime Publications, 1938 --1945],
[Folder 7: RG-17.07, Hungarian Wartime Newspapers, ca 1942],
[Folder 8: RG-17.08, Wartime newspapers, German, Hungarian. Chinese offensive, entry of Brazil into the war, August 1942. Photos from Hungarian newspaper(s). One photo is of Istvan Horthy’s (Deputy Regent of Hungary) catafalque, son of Miklos Horthy, Regent of Hungary from March 1, 1920 to October 15, 1944. The second photo depicts an officer meeting., 1941 -- 1943],
[Folder 9: RG-17.09, Swiss Wartime Newspapers, 1939 -- 1945],
[Folder 10: RG-17.10, Italian Wartime Publications, 1939 -- 1945],
[Folder 11: RG-17.11, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Examiner, wartime, 1933 -- 1944],
[Folder 12: RG-17.12, Chwila, 1919 -- 1939],
[Folder 13: RG-17.13, Dilo, 1918 -- 1939, 1918 -- 1939],
[Folder 14: RG-17.14, Nazi Inter-War News, Illustrated News, 1930s],
[Folder 15: RG-17.15, Sygnaly (Signals), 1933-1939, 1933 -- 1939],
[Folder 16: RG-17.16, Short Note About the Oldest Synagogue in Egypt, Ben Ezra, 1973, 1973],
[Folder 17: RG-17.17, Jewish youth of Izbaca before the Holocaust],
[Folder 18: RG-17.18, Cornelius Loen, collection of wartime periodicals, I, 1939 -- 1945],
[Folder 19: RG-17.19, Cornelius Loen, collection of wartime periodicals, II],
[Folder 20: RG-17.20, Herbert Lothar Aron Papers],
[Folder 21: RG-17.21, Prewar Austria periodicals, 1931--1946],
[Folder 22: RG-17.22, Tagespot, Austrian newspaper, reflection of Anschluss, 12 March 1938, 12 March 1938],
[All]

Folder 3: RG-17.03, Periodicals in Yiddish, 1930s --1940s

Periodicals in Yiddish language (in Latin and Hebrew script), published in Europe and America

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publications in Yiddish, Europe and America

Creators:: Jewish social and political organization in Europe and America (1930s -- 1940s)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-17.03.01, Bedzin, Poland, Jidisze Cajtung, No. 85 (153), No. 61 (129), postwar, 1945

A periodical titled Yidisze Cajtung, No. 85 and No. 61 published in Bedzin, Poland in Yiddish, postwar.

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publications in Yiddish, Europe and America; Yiddish-language publications in postwar Poland; Bedzin (Poland); Poland (1945--1991); Jewish life in postwar Poland; Polish newspaper; Jewish newspaper; Yiddish, language; postwar publication

Creators:: Editorial Board of Jidisze Cajtung, Bedzin, Poland (1945 -- 1950); Yiddish Periodicals

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-17.03.02, Bedzin, Poland, Jidisze Cajtung, No. 92 (160), postwar, 1945

A periodical titled Yidisze Cajtung, No. 92, published in Będzin, Poland, postwar.

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publications in Yiddish, Europe and America; Bedzin (Poland); Poland (1945--1991); Yiddish-language publications in postwar Poland; Polish newspaper; Jewish newspaper; Yiddish, language; postwar publication; Jewish life in postwar Poland

Creators:: Jewish social and political organization in Europe and America (1930s -- 1940s); Yiddish Periodicals; Jewish periodicals

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-17.03.03, New York, Nailebn, Yiddish-English Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 6 (103), June 1938

A Jewish magazine entitled Nailebn (New Life), published in the USA in English and Yiddish, June 1938. Vol. XII, No. 6 (103) included here.

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publications in Yiddish-English, USA; Yiddish-language publications in United States; Left-wing Yiddish-language publications; United States (1900 -- 1939); New York (New York, United States); Antisemitism in United States; Organization for Jewish colonization in Russia, ICOR; Pro-Soviet (communist) political orientation; Yiddish, language; English, language; Nailebn (New Life), bilingual Yiddish-English monthly published in New York, 1935-1950; Warfare in the light of American news, World War II; Washington D.C. (United States); The USSR (1922--1939); American Jewish Congress (New York); Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States); Moscow (the USSR); Jews in the Soviet Union; The work of ICOR, Association for Jewish Colonization in USSR, as portrayed by Nailebn; Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, the Commander in Chief dictator; Socialist ideology; Austrian Jew; Japanese war against China, 1930s --1945; geopolitical situation in Asia (1930s -- 1945); Geopolitical situation in Europe, 1933 -- 1939; Duce or Benito Mussolini, the fascist Prime Minister and the leader of Italy in 1922 – 1943; Italian occupation of Ethiopia, 1936 -- 1941; anti-Nazi rally, American; Nazi rally, in the United States; Biro Bidjan (Russia)

Creators:: Editorial Board of Nailebn (New Life), New York, United States (1930s); Jewish periodicals; Yiddish Periodicals

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-17.03.04, New York, Nailebn, Yiddish-English Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 5 (102), May 1938

A Jewish magazine entitled Nailebn, published in the USA in English and Yiddish, May 1938. Vol. XII, No. 5 (102) included here.

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publications in Yiddish-English, USA; Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Party and Prime Minister of the USSR, 1879 -- 1953; English, language; Yiddish, language; New York (New York, United States); United States (1900 -- 1939); Yiddish-language publications in United States; Nailebn (New Life), bilingual Yiddish-English monthly published in New York, 1935-1950; Documents in English language; Organization for Jewish colonization in Russia, ICOR; The work of ICOR, Association for Jewish Colonization in USSR, as portrayed by Nailebn; Left-wing Yiddish-language publications; Socialist ideology; Biro Bidjan (Russia); The USSR (1922--1939); Warfare in the light of American news, World War II; Marxist ideology; Einstein, Albert; Spain (Europe); Leningrad (USSR); Documents in Yiddish language; American news coverage during World War II

Creators:: Jewish social and political organization in Europe and America (1930s -- 1940s); Jewish periodicals; Yiddish Periodicals

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-17.03.05, New York, Pages from Zukunft (Future), undated

A Jewish publication titled Zukunft (the Future), published in the USA in Yiddish. Published by Posy-Shoulson Press, 227 West 17^th Street New York 11, New York.

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publications in Yiddish, Europe and America; Yiddish, language; New York (New York, United States); United States (1900 -- 1939); Yiddish-language publications in United States; Jewish publication

Creators:: Jewish social and political organization in Europe and America (1930s -- 1940s); Jewish periodicals; Yiddish Periodicals

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-17.03.06, New York, Zukunft (Future), Vol.LII, No. 2, 2 February 1947

Zukunft (the Future), published in USA in Yiddish, February 1947, No. 2. Published by Posy-Shoulson Press, 227 West 17th Street New York 11, New York.

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publications in Yiddish, Europe and America; Yiddish, language; New York (New York, United States); United States (1945 -- 1960); Yiddish-language publications in United States; Jewish publication; postwar publication

Creators:: Jewish social and political organization in Europe and America (1930s -- 1940s); Jewish publications in Yiddish (1940s -- 1960s); Yiddish Periodicals; Jewish periodicals

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-17.03.07, New York, Forward-Yiddish-language Newspaper, August 1937

A Yiddish-language Newspaper published in New York, August 30, 1937.

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publications in Yiddish, Europe and America; Yiddish, language; New York (New York, United States); Yiddish-language publications in United States; Jewish publication; United States (1900 -- 1939); Newspaper Article

Creators:: Jewish social and political organization in Europe and America (1930s -- 1940s); Jewish periodicals; Yiddish Periodicals

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-17.03.08, New York, Forward-Yiddish-language Newspaper, 30 August 1939

A Yiddish-language newspaper published in New York, August 30, 1939.

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publications in Yiddish, Europe and America; Jewish publication; New York (New York, United States); Wartime Publication, Second World War; United States (1939 -- 1945); Yiddish, language; Yiddish-language publications in United States; Newspaper Article

Creators:: Jewish social and political organization in Europe and America (1930s -- 1940s); Jewish periodicals; Yiddish Periodicals

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-17.03.09, New York, Forward-Yiddish-language Newspaper, December 1943

A Yiddish-language newspaper published in New York, December 1943.

Subject/Index Terms:: Jewish publication; Jewish publications in Yiddish, Europe and America; New York (New York, United States); Wartime Publication, Second World War; United States (1939 -- 1945); Yiddish, language; Yiddish-language publications in United States; Newspaper Article

Creators:: Jewish social and political organization in Europe and America (1930s -- 1940s); Jewish periodicals; Yiddish Periodicals