Yiddish Culture In Greater Romania 191

Central European University Press

Yiddish Culture in Greater Romania (1918-1940)Author(s): Camelia Craciun, Irina Nastasa-Matei, Valentin Sandulescu, Francisca Solomon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Central European University Press, Hungary\nImprint: Central European University Press\nISBN-13: 9789633868195, 978-9633868195\nSynopsis\nYiddish culture was an important part of the cultural landscape of Eastern Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Danube, connecting the scattered Ashkenazi Jewry, the overwhelming majority of the Jews living in this geographical area.\n\nIn the newly created Greater Romania, the Jewish community included more than half a million individuals still speaking Yiddish. Building on pre-war trends, the new nation-state faced an antisemitism problem since its inception. This continued in the period that followed, culminating in the horrors of the Holocaust, which destroyed most of the Yiddish-language community. Most survivors were discouraged from continuing to use a language that reminded them of .