Jakub Szczeciński`s Express Printshop as an Example of  the Jewish Minority Typographic Company in Interwar Kalisz Cover Image

Drukarnia Pospieszna Jakuba Szczecińskiego jako przykład zakładu typograficznego mniejszości żydowskiej w międzywojennym Kaliszu
Jakub Szczeciński`s Express Printshop as an Example of the Jewish Minority Typographic Company in Interwar Kalisz

Author(s): Ewa Andrysiak
Subject(s): History, Jewish studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Jakub Szczeciński; Kalisz; printing; Jews

Summary/Abstract: The article introduces the person of Jakub Szczeciński and his company - Drukarnia Pospieszna (Express Printshop), operating in Kalisz in 1912-1914 and 1917-1939, and discusses his publishing production. Thus, it shows one of the most interesting typographic companies of Kalisz, presenting the activities of the printing house and its importance for both the Jewish and Polish communities of the city. The publishing output of Szczeciński’s company in all its aspects (book and periodical production, as well as broadly defined documents of social life) is an example of cooperation of representatives of various nationalities, characteristic of the multinational community of Kalisz.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 41-57
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish