„Window to the World. Periodical for children and youth” 1937–1939 Cover Image

„Okienko na Świat. Pismo dzieci i młodzieży” 1937–1939
„Window to the World. Periodical for children and youth” 1937–1939

Author(s): Monika Szabłowska-Zaremba
Subject(s): Cultural history, Media studies, Social history, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, History of Education, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Jewish children’s magazine 1918–1939; History of the press in Poland 1918– 1939 – Jewish press in Poland in Polish language; „Window to the World”; Cracov magazines 1918–1939;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the children’s magazine „Window to the World. Periodical for children and youth”. It was published in Cracow in the years 1937–1939, and its editor in chief and publisher was Henryka Fromowicz-Stillerowa, and the co-editor was Martha Hirschprung. It describes the most notable people working with the magazine, as well as divisions that were in the newspaper. Attention was drawn to the cause of creating the article and the choice of language. It pointed to the character of the ideological writings – Zionism and the need to create a new model of child recipients. The magazine was formed by adults and children. It published classics of Jewish literature (I.L. Peretz, Ch. N. Bialik), the poetry of the young Jewish writers Anda Eker, Minka Silberman, Maurice Szymel, Martha Hirschprung and children.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 184-203
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish
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