(LITHUANIA)

v.p.

Kovno

1919-1923

Collection of 12 booklets pertaining to Jewish communal affairs in Lithuania, including: Der Gesetz vegen di Valen in Litvishen Grindungs-Sjem [The Law Concerning Voting in the Lithuanian Parliament]. * Di Yiddishe Natzionale Autonomie in Lite [The Jewish National Autonomy in Lithuania]. * Takonos far di Valen tzu der Yiddisher Natzionaler Farzamlung [Rules of Voting for the Jewish National Assembly]. * Di Yiddishe Tzentral-Bank in Lita [The Jewish Central-Bank in Lithuania]

Following the end of World War One and overthrow of the Tsarist regime in Russia, Lithuania emerged as an independent republic with Kaunas (Kovno) as its capital. Some of the pamphlets in this collection reflect the Jews' integration in the political life of the new Republic, while others pertain to the internal organization of the Jewish community