Shalit, Moses, 1885-

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Name (Hebrew)
שליט, משה, 1885-1941
Name (Latin)
Shalit, Moses, 1885-
Name (Arabic)
شاليت، موشيه، 1885-
Name (Cyrilic)
Шалит, Мозес, 1885-1941
Other forms of name
Schalit, Moses, 1885-1941
Schalit, Moshe, 1885-1941
Shaliṭ, Mosheh, 1885-1941
Szalita, Mojżesza, 1885-1941
Shalit, Moyshe, 1885-1941
Shaliṭ, M., 1885-1941
שאליט, משה, 1885-1941
Date of birth
1885-12-22
Date of death
1941-07-19
Place of birth
Vilnius (Lithuania)
Place of death
Paneriai (Lithuania)
Associated Language
yid
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 164854810
Wikidata: Q3324786
Library of congress: n 82105503
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Wikipedia description:

Moshe Shalit (Yiddish: משה שאליט; 22 December 1885, Vilnius - 19 July 1941, Vilnius) was a researcher, journalist, essayist, ethnographer, and humanist of the inter-war period. Shalit devoted himself to the promotion of Yiddish language and of literature in a spirit of openness and interculturalism. He was an active member of the Jewish Scientific Institute, YIVO, which became the Yiddish Institute for Jewish Research. Shalit was murdered by Nazi Germany in one of the large massacres in Vilnius.

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