Žydų Tautinę Autonomiją Lietuvoje: Išleista Žydų Tautos Tarybos [“Jewish National Autonomy Lithuania: Publication of the Jewish National Council.”] By L. Garfunkelis.

(LITHUANIA).

S. Neumann

Kaunas

1920

First Edition. Text in Lithuanian. Stamp of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of title page.

Published by the Jewish National Council of Lithuania, this scarce work compiles materials relating to the Lithuanian Jewish autonomy granted in 1920 by the Ministry for Jewish Affairs of the Lithuanian government. Lithuanian Jews took active part in the Lithuanian Wars of Independence, also known as the Freedom Struggles, referring to the three wars that Lithuania fought to defend its independence at the end of World War I. As a result, the Jewish community was given a wide amount of autonomy in education and taxation through community councils until 1934 when the government scaled back and cases of anti-Semitism increased.