The ''Folkstsaytung'' ( yi, פֿאָלקסצייטונג, 'People's Newspaper') was a

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

language daily newspaper which served as the official organ of the

General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland The General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland ( yi, אַלגעמײַנער ײדישער אַרבעטער בּונד אין פוילן, translit=Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter-bund in Poyln, pl, Ogólno-Żydowski Związek Robotniczy "Bund" w Polsce) was ...

. ''Folkstsaytung'' was published in

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. It began publication in 1921 and officially lasted until the

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in 1939. Thereafter it continued on as an illegal underground newspaper until 1943. Its first editors were

Victor Alter Victor Alter (also Wiktor Alter; 7 February 1890 – 17 February 1943) was a Polish Jewish socialist activist and Bund publicist, and a member of the executive committee of the Second International. Life Alter studied in Belgium, at the Univ ...

and

Henrik Erlich Henryk Ehrlich yi, הענריק ערליך), sometimes spelled ''Henryk Erlich''; 1882 – 15 May 1942) was an activist of the General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland, a Petrograd Soviet member, and a member of the executive committee of the Second ...

. In 1927 it was renamed ''Naye Folkstsaytung'' ("New People's Paper").Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, "Here and Now: The Vision of the Jewish Labor Bund in Interwar Poland", When Ehrlich and Alter became preoccupied with their leadership responsibilities in the Bund, Leyvik Hodes took over editorial responsibility. It began to be published again after

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but in 1948 it was taken over by Communist authorities and disbanded.Hershel Edelheit, "History of the Holocaust: a handbook and dictionary", Westview Press, 1994, pg. 377

/ref> The newspaper reflected the Jewish secular socialist ideology of the Bund and spoke up for rights of workers, reported on Polish politics and

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debates, included articles on cultural and scientific topics, as well as literary works of both Jewish and non-Jewish authors. The newspaper had a

women's page The women's page (sometimes called home page or women's section) of a newspaper was a section devoted to covering news assumed to be of interest to women. Women's pages started out in the 19th century as society pages and eventually morphed into ...

''Froyen-Vinkl'', which was edited by

Dina Blond Dina Blond (1 March 1887 - 1985) was a prominent member of the Jewish Labour Bund in Poland and a prolific Yiddish translator. She translated over 30 works of world literature into Yiddish from German, English, and Russian. She was born Shayne- ...

. A young people's edition was published under the title "Kleine Folkststaytung", under the editorship of Leyvik Hodes, who also founded the youth arm of the Bund, SKIF (Jewish Socialist Children's Federation.

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