Conference on Jewish Relations NEWS LETTER The Situation of the Jews in Poland. April, 1936

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

Published by American Jewish Congress, 221 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y., 1936

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This is NOT the 1936 reprint. It is the true original news letter of April 1936. Includes bibliographical references (page 2). An important mid-1930?s report from Abraham G Duker on the oppression of Polish Jews in the inter-war 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 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 (1927-1933) 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?41) . 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). Seller Inventory # 009143

Bibliographic Details

Title: Conference on Jewish Relations NEWS LETTER ...

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

Publication Date: 1936

Binding: Paper Wrappers

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket