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Kokebebe, Tshutik, dus Gesl and More. Yiddish Toponyms of Lublin
Piotr Nazaruk
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The paper analyses pre-war Yiddish toponyms of the city of Lublin, their types, meaning and etymology. Although Polish Jews used to use unique common Yiddish names for streets and places in cities and towns they lived in, researching such names is often difficult due to the lack of essential sources. In the case of Lublin, however, two important papers on the subject of Yiddish toponyms, penned by local Jewish researchers – Yosef Hernhut and Yakov Koyfman, were published in a Yiddish journal “Yidish far ale” (Yiddish for Everyone) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. The paper supplements Hernhut’s and Koyfman’s typology with research based on findings in Lublin Yiddish press, oral histories and other minor sources.
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Yiddish, Lublin, toponyms, World War II, source, oral historyMost read articles by the same author(s)
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