On August 12th, 1952, the cream of the crop of the Soviet Yiddish world were summarily executed as retribution for their support of the war effort against Nazi Germany. 61 years later, we show that we have not forgotten them and that we still remember them, for their contributions both to literature and to humankind.
The Congress for Jewish Culture together with COJECO - Council of Jewish Emgire Community Organizations, CYCO Yiddish Books, the Jewish Labor Committee, the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research cordially invite you to attend a memorial program for the Yiddish artists and writers who suffered under Stalinist repression
Monday, August 12th from 7 PM to 8 PM
at the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Admission free. Reserve your seat here.
In the program:
Dovid Bergelson in Berlin
Professor Marc Caplan
Johns Hopkins University
Lost and Found Project with Anna Zicer Medvinskiy, Yelena Shmulenson and Dmitri Slepovitch. Paula Teitelbaum will sing songs from the Soviet Yiddish repertoire.
