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Wittlin, Józef
(1896–1976), poet, prose writer, essayist, and translator. After serving in the army during World War I, Józef Wittlin studied philosophy and linguistics in Vienna and in Lwów. A follower of expressionism in 1919–1920, h…
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Wiślicki, Wacław
(1882–1935), economist, Sejm deputy, representative of the Central Office of the Merchants Association in Poland, a Jewish organization committed to cooperation with the Polish authorities. Born in Warsaw and raised in a…
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Wodianer Family
Economic and political figures, active in nineteenth-century Hungary. Shemu’el (Sámuel) Wodianer, the first member of the family known to us, migrated from Bohemia to southern Hungary where his son Philip (Shraga Feivish…
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Wojdowski, Bohdan
(1930–1994), prose writer, publicist, and critic. Bohdan (originally Dawid) Wojdowski was the founder, in 1991, of the Masada Cultural Foundation for Jewish culture and editor of its journal, Masada (its only issue appea…
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Wolfowicz, Szymon
(1755–1830), businessman and public figure. Szymon (Shiml) Wolfowicz was a leading figure among Vilna’s Jews during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Though born into the wealthy elite (into which he also marri…
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Women’s Clothing
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Women’s Headgear
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World War I
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World War I
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World War I
Name generally given to the set of military conflicts during the years 1914–1918 that set the armies of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria (the Central Powers) against those of Great Britain, France, Russia, …
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World War I and After
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World War I and After
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World War I and Its Aftermath
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World War II
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World War II
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World War II
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World War II
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World War II
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World War II, the Holocaust, and Displaced Persons
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Writers with Roots in the Early Twentieth Century
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