Linguist and YIVO director
Max Weinreich
Life
1893–1969
From 1925 to 1939 he directed in Vilna the principal institute of Yiddish culture.
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Max Weinreich directed YIVO in Vilna from 1925 to 1939. The chapter places YIVO's founding in Berlin in 1925, with later homes in Vilna and New York; the book's timeline records the founding in Vilna.