Two booklets dealing with the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region. Moscow, 1936-1939. Yiddish and English.
1. Birobidzhan in 1935 un in 1936 Yohr [Birobidzhan in 1935 and 1936], by B.A. Trotsky. Moscow: "Emes", 1936. Yiddish.
Transcript of a lecture delivered at the "Gezerd" (Yiddish for OZET – the Society for Settling Toiling Jews on the Land in the Soviet Union) assembly on February 4, 1936. Includes a description of the actions and achievements at the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region during the years 1936-1939 in the fields of economics, agriculture, culture, immigration and transportation and much statistical data.
60, [3] pp. 17 cm. Good condition. The original cover is missing. The body of the booklet is detached. New leather binding and endpapers.
2. The Jewish Autonomous Region by David Bergelson. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1939. English.
Propaganda booklet by the playwright and writer David Bergelson (1884-1952) depicting the good conditions of the Jews of Birobidzhan under the rule of the Soviet Union. Accompanied by six photographs depicting farmers, governmental buildings and sites in Birobidzhan.
The logo of the USSR pavilion at the New York World's Fair (1939) – a worker holding a red star in his outstretched hand – appears on the front free endpaper (presumably, the booklet was distributed at the fair for propaganda purposes). With a map of Birobidzhan on the front cover.
Not in NLI.
47, [1] pp. 14 cm. Stains to cover. Bound in a new leather binding, with the original cover.