Letter from the Sholem Aleichem Library to Leybush Lehrer

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Date

March 23, 1923

Subject

Letter from the Sholem Aleichem Library to Leybush Lehrer

Description

Letter from the Sholem-Aleichem Library in Bialystok to Leybush Lehrer. They are happy that their statistical report will be of use to him. They explain that the reason they bought about twice as many Polish as Yiddish books the previous year was not that they prefer Polish, but simply the fact that many more books are published in Polish. In fact, they buy everything that is published in Yiddish in Poland (not in America - the prices are too high, and books from the Soviet Union are difficult to get). Polish books are read more than Yiddish ones anyway.

Source

RG 28 F 20 Letter from the Sholem Aleichem Library to Leybush Lehrer

Publisher

YIVO

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“Letter from the Sholem Aleichem Library to Leybush Lehrer,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed April 26, 2024, https://shaulgoldman.yivo.org/items/show/5661.

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