Der Komunist (Yiddish: דער קאָמוניסט, 'The Communist') was a Yiddish language daily newspaper published from Vilna between December 26, 1918 and April 3, 1919.[1][2][3] It was an organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia.[1][3] The inaugural issue of Der Komunist was printed completely in red letters.[2] At the time, the editor was Moshe Lunevsky.[4] Semyon Dimanstein was one of the contributors to the newspaper.[4] The newspaper had four pages, in a format of 30x46 cm.[1] Copies of Der Komunist were sold for 10 kopeks.[1]
Der Komunist frequently included attacks on the Zionist movement and different Jewish socialist groups (especially the General Jewish Labour Bund).[2]
Der Komunist fell out of favour with the Central Committee of the Communist Party, who resolved to merge it with Der shtern (a Minsk-based newspaper, whose editorial board was shifted to Vilna).[2][3] The last issue of Der Komunist, published on April 3, 1919, declared that Der shtern was the new Central Committee organ.[2] In total, 74 issues of Der Komunist were published.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Абрам Киржниц; Дзяржаўная бібліятэка і бібліяграфічны інстытут БССР. Яўрэйскі аддзел (1928). די יידישע פרעסע אין ראטנפארבאנד (1917-1927). ווייסרוסלענדישע ביכער-קאמער בא דער ווייסרוסלענדישער מעלוכע-ביבליאטָעק. p. 18.
- ^ a b c d e Arie Bar (1980). The Jewish Press that was: Accounts, Evaluations, and Memories of Jewish Papers in Pre-Holocaust Europe. World Federation of Jewish Journalists. p. 228.
- ^ a b c Susanne Marten-Finnis (2004). Vilna as a Centre of the Modern Jewish Press, 1840-1928: Aspirations, Challenges, and Progress. Peter Lang. pp. 130, 170. ISBN 978-3-03910-080-4.
- ^ a b ווילנע: א זאמלבוך געווידמעט דער שטאט ווילנע. ווילנער ברענטש 763 ארבייטער רינג. 1935. p. 344.