page_title: Der Emes
hierarchical_section_title: Der Emes
caption_attribution_description: English: left Avrom Reisen ( Yiddish writer) and Moishe Litvakov the chief editor of the Der Emes (The Truth) was the leading Yiddish newspaper in the Soviet Union ) 1929.
context_page_description: Der Emes was a Soviet newspaper in Yiddish. A continuation of the short-lived Di varhayt, Der Emes began publishing in Moscow on August 8, 1918. The publisher was the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party. Moishe Litvakov was its editor-in-chief from 1921 until his arrest in the fall of 1937; after that, the newspaper was headed by an anonymous "editorial board". From January 7, 1921 to March 1930 Der Emes appeared as the organ of the Central Bureau of Yevsektsiya. In January 1939 the campaign against Yiddish culture in the USSR became widespread, and Der Emes was liquidated.
context_section_description: Der Emes (in Yiddish דער עמעס IPA: [dɛr ɛmɛs], meaning 'The Truth', from Hebrew: אמת‎, romanized: emeth) was a Soviet newspaper in Yiddish. A continuation of the short-lived Di varhayt, Der Emes began publishing in Moscow on August 8, 1918. The publisher was the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Moishe Litvakov was its editor-in-chief from 1921 until his arrest in the fall of 1937; after that, the newspaper was headed by an anonymous "editorial board". From January 7, 1921 to March 1930 Der Emes appeared as the organ of the Central Bureau of Yevsektsiya. In January 1939 the campaign against Yiddish culture in the USSR became widespread, and Der Emes was liquidated.
caption: left Yiddish writer Avrom Reisen and Moishe Litvakov the chief editor of the Der Emes 1929.
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