Letter to the leadership committee of the Hevrah Mefitsei Haskala Society (Vilna), c1914.
yarg223f002.27d002p001 (JPEG Image)Click image to zoom
yarg223f002.27d002p002 (JPEG Image)Click image to zoom
Title:
Letter to the leadership committee of the Hevrah Mefitsei Haskala Society (Vilna), c1914.
Description:
Letter to the leadership committee of the Hevrah Mefitsei Haskalah Society (Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia) during the World War I German occupation of Vilna, urging them to demand from the occupying forces that Yiddish be permitted to be used in personal letters, Jewish schools, and for all public purposes. Signed by twenty Yiddish activists, among them: Zalman Reisen, c1914.