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Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957
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Sholem Asch (November 1, 1880 – July 10, 1957) was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language. Born in Kutno, Poland to a Hasidic family, Asch received a formal Jewish education. He moved to Warsaw in 1899 and met and was mentored by prominent Yiddish writer I.L. Peretz. His first book of stories, In a Shlekhter Tsayt (In a Bad Time), was published in 1902 and he rose to prominence. He relocated to the United States in 1914. Asch became increasingly active in public life and played a prominent role in the American Jewry's relief efforts in Europe for Jewish war victims. He was a founding member of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. He also lived in France and Poland during the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1950s due to being investigated as a communist by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and negative press about a book about Christianity, Asche moved to London.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Richard Beer-Hofmann correspondence, 1882-1967. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Oswald Garrison Villard papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | World Jewish Congress Records, 1918-1982 (bulk 1940-1980) | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives | |
| creatorOf | Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957. Correspondence file, 1930, from Horace Liveright, Inc. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Paul Goodman papers, 1925-1983. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Harry Weinberger papers, 1915-1944 | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Baruch Charney Vladeck Papers, Bulk, 1920-1938, 1906-1958 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Souvenir programs for theatrical productions, 1906-2005. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Geiringer, Gertrud. [Guestbook], 1920-1949. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | John L. De Forest / Sholem Asch collection, 1941-1995, 1941-1943 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Landesman, Eyal. El neḳamot. | HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library | |
| referencedIn | J.J. Robbins papers, 1893-1953, 1911-1953 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Sol Bloom papers, 1898-1949, 1935-1949 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Paul Novick papers relating to Sholem Asch, 1943-1963 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | [FTP-Nat'l Service Bureau] God of Vengeance, by Sholom Asch, Los Angeles, CA. | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Administration collection, 1914-1950. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Sholem Asch papers, 1926-1949, 1923-1949 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Geiringer, Gertrud. [Guestbook], 1920-1949. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Shloyme Rosenberg Collection, undated, 1940-1977 | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Paul Novick papers relating to Sholem Asch, 1943-1963 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930- | University of Michigan | |
| referencedIn | [FTP-Nat'l Service Bureau] A String of Pearls, by Sholom Asch Los Angeles, CA. | National Archives at College Park | |
| referencedIn | Perlman, Morris, d. 1958. Morris Perlman collection, undated. | Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Baruch Charney Vladeck Papers, Bulk, 1920-1938, 1906-1958 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| creatorOf | Sol Bloom papers, 1898-1949, bulk (1935-1949). | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957. 880-01 [Der Ṭoyṭ Urtayl, "Judge not"; novel], (1930-1957?). | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957. Sholem Asch papers, 1926-1949, (bulk 1923-1949). | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Robbins, John Jacob, 1895-1950. John Jacob Robbins papers, 1893-1953, bulk (1911-1953). | New York Public Library System, NYPL |
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| Republic of Poland | 00 | PL | |
| United States | 00 | US | |
| Kutno | 74 | PL |
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| Authors, Yiddish |
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| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
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Birth 1880-11-01
Death 1957-08-01
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