In Hebrew. Short description: Shalom Aleichem. Boy Motl. Moscow, 1947. Sholom Aleichem (real name Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, 1859–1916) was a Jewish writer and playwright, one of the founders of modern Yiddish fiction, including children’s literature. Der Emes (Pravda) was a Soviet publishing house that operated from the early 1920s until November 1948. Located in Moscow; during the war years (from 1941 to 1944) was evacuated to Kuibyshev. As of 1941, it was part of the Association of State Book and Magazine Publishing Houses (OGIZ). The publishing house specialized mainly in fiction in the Yiddish language, as well as in translations from Yiddish into Russian. Shortly after the closure of the publishing house, its director L. I. Strongin (1896–1968), editor-in-chief M. S. Belenky) and some of the rank and file employees were arrested. This story is considered the best children’s work of Sholom Aleichem. The hero with childish spontaneity and subtle humor, characteristic of his people, tells the difficult story of his life. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS002029