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Occupied words : what the Holocaust did to Yiddish /

"The Holocaust radically altered the way many East European Jews spoke Yiddish. Finding prewar language incapable of describing the imprisonment, death, and dehumanization of the Shoah, prisoners added or reinvented thousands of Yiddish words and phrases to describe their new reality. These cra...

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Main Author: Pollin-Galay, Hannah (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2024]
Series:Jewish culture and contexts.
Subjects:
Yiddish language > Style > History > 20th century.
Yiddish language > Political aspects > Europe, Eastern.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Influence.
Yiddish (Langue) > Aspect politique > Europe de l'Est.
Yiddish language > Style > History > 20th century
Yiddish language > Political aspects > Europe, Eastern
Yiddish language > Terms and phrases
Jews > Europe, Eastern > Languages
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Influence

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