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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 12: RG-17.12, Chwila, 1919 -- 1939

The newspapers cover political and social affairs in interwar Poland.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-17.12.01, Chwila, January--June 1919

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland from January-June, 1919.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-17.12.02, Chwila, January--December 1919

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published January-December in Poland, 1919.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-17.12.03, Chwila, January--April 1921

Issues of the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, January-April 1921.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Jewish Dailies in Polish; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); East Galician Zionist Organization; Jewish newspapers in Polish

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-17.12.04, Chwila, January--December 1921

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published January-December in Poland, 1921.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-17.12.05, Chwila, October 1925

An issue of the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, October 1925.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Political and social affairs in interwar Poland; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-17.12.06, Chwila, October 1925

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, publish in Poland, October 1925.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-17.12.07, Chwila, 1-17 January 1926

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, January 1926.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Jewish Dailies in Polish; Political and social affairs in interwar Poland; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; Polish newspaper; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); East Galician Zionist Organization; Jewish newspapers in Polish

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-17.12.08, Chwila, January 1926

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, January 1926.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization (1918 -- 1939)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-17.12.09, Chwila, February--March 1926

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, February-March, 1926.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-17.12.10, Chwila, April--June 1926

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, April-June, 1926.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-17.12.11, Chwila, July 1926

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, pulbished in Poland, July, 1926.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: RG-17.12.12, Chwila, January 1927

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, January 1927.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Jewish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: RG-17.12.13, Chwila, February--March 1927

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, February-March, 1927.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Jewish newspaper; Polish, language; Newspaper Article; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: RG-17.12.14, Chwila, January--March 1928

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, January-March, 1928.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Polish newspaper; Jewish newspaper; Polish, language; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Newspaper Article; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: RG-17.12.15, Chwila, April--June 1928

Isuues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, April-June, 1928.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Jewish newspaper; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Newspaper Article; Polish, language; Polish newspaper; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: RG-17.12.16, Chwila, April--June 1930

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, April-June, 1930.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Jewish newspaper; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Newspaper Article; Polish, language; Polish newspaper; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: RG-17.12.17, Chwila, 1935

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, 1935.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Jewish newspaper; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Newspaper Article; Polish, language; Polish newspaper; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: RG-17.12.18, Chwila, January 1939

Issues from the Jewish periodical, Chwila, published in Poland, 1939.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish); Jewish Dailies in Polish; General Zionists of Eastern Galicia; Reflections of political and social affairs in interwar Poland; National minorities in Poland, 1919 -- 1939; Jewish life, pre-war; Jewish life in interwar Europe; Jewish newspaper; Jewish newspapers in Poland in Polish language; Newspaper Article; Polish, language; Polish newspaper; Periodicals, Polish

Creators:: Chwila, newspaper, Jewish (Polish) (1919 -- 1939); Jewish newspapers in Polish; East Galician Zionist Organization