The postcard issued by the Y.L. Peretz library in honor of the centennial celebration of the birth of Yiddish writer Mendele Mokher Sefarim (1836-1936).

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39492

Overview

Caption: The postcard issued by the Y.L. Peretz library in honor of the centennial celebration of the birth of Yiddish writer Mendele Mokher Sefarim (1836-1936).

Mendele's image is flanked by photos of the library jubilee committee. Below Mendele's image is the photo of the Yiddish author Daniel Charney, the keynote speaker of the event.
Date: 1936
Locale: Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
Variant Locale: Eishyshok
Eshishuk
Eyshishkes
Ejszyszki
Eishishkes
Lithuania
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation

Photo Source: The Shtetl Foundation (Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives)

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Kaleko-Alufi Family

Source Record ID: RN17-11
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keyword: CHARNEY, DANIEL GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (POLISH) LIBRARIES/ARCHIVES MENDELE MOKHER SEFORIM TOWER OF FACES WRITERS/INTELLECTUALS
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families K