AUDYCJE W JĘZYKU JIDYSZ W POLSKIM RADIU PO II WOJNIE ŚWIATOWEJ
YIDDISH BROADCASTING ON THE POLISH RADIO AFTER WORLD WAR II
Author(s): Anna RozenfeldSubject(s): Language studies, Jewish studies, Media studies, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Yiddish radio; Jonas Turkow; Yiddish language; Holocaust survivors; Polish Jews; Jews in Communist Poland;
Summary/Abstract: The initiator of the establishment of Yiddish broadcasts in postwar Poland was Jonas Turkow. The first program in Yiddish was broadcasted by the Polish Radio (Polskie Radio) from the city of Lublin on January 6, 1945. For the first time in Poland’s history Yiddish could be heard on the airwaves. It was also the first attempt to revive Yiddish and, most importantly, it came from a state institution before any Jewish organizations and institutions came to existence after World War II. After Jonas Turkow had left Poland, this activity was taken over by the Department of Culture and Propaganda in the Central Committee of Jews in Poland (CKŻP) in Warsaw. Between 1950 and 1958 the broadcasts were aired by the Jewish Section of the Polish Radio External Service and they could be heard only abroad. In January 1958, the Jewish Section of the Polish Radio was closed down by the decision of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party.
Journal: Studia Judaica
- Issue Year: 21/2018
- Issue No: 42
- Page Range: 373-404
- Page Count: 32
- Language: Polish