Ufboj (Yiddish: אופבוי, 'Construction') was a Yiddish language journal published in Riga, Latvia.[1] It was launched as a monthly political and literary journal, by the daily newspaper Kamf in October 1940.[1] Initially it was printed in 3,000 copies.[2] The first issue had 79 pages.[3] Ufboj used Yiddishist spelling.[1] Veteran journalist Max Schatz-Anin was prominent contributor to the publication.[4][5] A significant number of Yiddish writers from different Soviet republics (including new Soviet republics in Lithuania and Moldova) were first published in Ufboj.[6]
In February 1941, as Kamf had ceased publishing, Ufboj was converted into a twice-monthly organ of the Communist Party of Latvia.[1] H. Margolis served as the editor of Ufboj, B. Schneid became its deputy editor.[1] The format was changed from 25x17 cm to 36x25 cm.[3] By February 1941 circulation increased to 5,000.[1] By April the circulation had increased to 6,000.[1][3] The twelfth and last issue of Ufboj of 1941 was published in June 1941.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Dov Levin (1995). The Lesser of Two Evils: Eastern European Jewry Under Soviet Rule, 1939-1941. Jewish Publication Society. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8276-0518-3.
- ^ Yad Washem Studies on the European Jewish Catastrophe and Resistance. Yad Washem Remembrance Authority. 1960. p. 15.
- ^ a b c d Периодические издания Латвийской ССР. Latvijas PSR Valsts grāmatu palāta. 1990. p. 121.
- ^ Frank Gordon (2001). Latvians and Jews Between Germany and Russia. Memento. pp. 42, 63. ISBN 978-91-87114-39-7.
- ^ Björn Michael Felder (2009). Lettland im Zweiten Weltkrieg: zwischen sowjetischen und deutschen Besatzern 1940-1946. Schöningh. p. 86. ISBN 978-3-506-76544-4.
- ^ Dov Levin (1994). Baltic Jews Under the Soviets, 1940-1946. Centre for Research and Documentation of East European Jewry, Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. p. 89.