Printers and publishers of the Hebrew and Yiddish prints in Przemyś Cover Image

Drukarze i wydawcy hebrajskich i żydowskich druków w Przemyślu
Printers and publishers of the Hebrew and Yiddish prints in Przemyś

Author(s): Krzysztof Dawid Majus
Subject(s): History, Jewish studies, Cataloguing, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Przemyśl 1869-1939; Jewish printers; Jewish publishers; Hebrew prints; Yiddish prints

Summary/Abstract: This article was written during the work on a monograph of Hebrew and Yiddish publications printed or published in Przemyśl. It is based on materials collected for the chapter dedicated to biographies of printers and publishers of such publications who were active in Przemyśl from the year 1869 - the beginning of Hebrew and Yiddish printing in Przemyśl – until the outbreak of the World War II. The article divides into two main parts. The first is dedicated to biographies and achievements of the printers Dov Ber Lorje and the Knoller and Żupnik families; the second focuses on the Amkraut and Freund publishing families.

  • Issue Year: 14/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 255-285
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: English, Polish