The Situation of the Jews in Poland. Reprinted by courtesy of The Conference on Jewish Relations

Duker, Abraham G. [Gordon] (1907-1987)

Editore: American Jewish Congress, 221 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y., 1936

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Includes bibliographical references (page 2). "Reprinted by courtesy of The Conference on Jewish relations. " Cover title reads April, 1936, reprinted by courtesy of The Conference on Jewish Relations. An important mid-1930?s report from Abraham G Duker on the oppression of Polish Jews in the interwar period (following Hitler's rise to power but before the German invasion of Poland) , with detailed sociological and statistical materials on educational, economic and political facets to the Jewish community, and the changes undergone in an increasingly anti-semitic Polish state; with 31 pages. 218 x 143 mm. Introductory statement from Salo W. Baron and Morris R. Cohen concerning pogroms in Poland and comparison of the viciousness of Polish Antisemitic parties to that of Nazi Germany. The author of the report Abraham Gordon Duker (1907-1987) , "was born in Rypin, Poland, went to the U. S. In 1923. He served on the library staff at the Jewish Theological Seminary (1927-33) and was research librarian at the Graduate School of Jewish Social Work (1934-1938) . From 1938 to 1943 he was on the staff of the American Jewish Committee, serving inter alia as the editor of the Contemporary Jewish Record (1938-1941) . He was also an editor of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia (1939-1943) , Reconstructionist, and Jewish Social Studies, a quarterly. Duker was president of the Chicago Spertus College of Judaica (1956-1962) and from 1963 director of libraries and professor of history and social institutions at Yeshiva University. His works include education surveys, books, and articles in his main fields of interest, Polish-Jewish relations and American Jewish sociology. " (EJ 2007).

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• Titolo: The Situation of the Jews in Poland. Reprinted by courtesy of The Conference on Jewish Relations
• Editore: American Jewish Congress, 221 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1936
• Rilegatura: Paper Wrappers
• Condizione: Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket
• Peso: 9 once
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Judaica