Paper brigade: the incredible story of the Vilnius archive
TitlePaper brigade: the incredible story of the Vilnius archive
Author
Call numberS296.05/001
Object number08098k
Place of publicationCollingwood, Victoria, Australia
PublisherThe Jewish Quarterly
Year of publication
2021
Physical descriptionpp1-21
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'The Jewish Quarterly ' 'In search of lost time: Europe before the Holocaust' February 2022 Issue 247 pp 1-21
Description
The most significant Jewish archive in Eastern Europe before World War II was that of YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute) which was a description of the daily lives of Eastern European Jews. It was a leading educational and cultural institution, with departments for research, and history, but its founding premise was that all aspects of Jewish life should be rigorously, scientifically studied