Dina Blond (1 March 1887 - 1985) was a prominent member of the Jewish Labour Bund in Poland and a prolific

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translator. She translated over 30 works of world literature into Yiddish from German, English, and Russian. She was born Shayne-Feygl Szapiro in

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, then a part of the

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. In the mid-1920s Blond became chairwoman of the Bund's women's organisation, the Yidisher Arbeter Froy (YAF). She was also editor of the

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of the party newspaper, ''

Folkstsaytung The ''Folkstsaytung'' ( yi, פֿאָלקסצייטונג, 'People's Newspaper') was a Yiddish language daily newspaper which served as the official organ of the General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland. ''Folkstsaytung'' was published in Warsaw, Se ...

''.YIVO Archives

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