Arbeterheim
Arbeterheim (Yiddish: ארבעטערהיים, 'Workers Home') was a Jewish cultural association in Riga, Latvia 1920-1923.[1][2] The association was set by communists in 1920.[3][4] The association was registered on June 20, 1920.[5] It functioned as a front organization of the Communist Party of Latvia.[6] Arbeterheim was led by Ābrams Ravdins.[7] At its locale on 15 Tērbatas street, Arbeterheim ran a "library, a reading room, language classes, a drama circle, and a music studio".[4] In Riga the organization had some 3,000 members.[6] Local groups were also formed in Daugavpils, Liepāja and Rēzekne.[6]
In March 1922 the joint list of the leftist trade unions, the workers consumer cooperative "Produkts" and Arbeterheim gathered 16,672 votes (14%) in the election to the Riga city council.[8]
In April 1922 Vladimir Mayakovsky performed at Arbeterheim in Riga.[6] Subsequently Arbeterheim printed 10,000 copies of Mayakovsky's poem I Love, but the copies were seized by police.[9][10]
The association was banned in 1922, deemed to be a communist front organization.[4] Arbeterheim continued to function clandestinely.[11][12] Kultur-Lige ('Culture League') was set up as a successor organization of Arbeterheim.[1][13]
References
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- ^ Elaine Kelly; Markus Mantere; Derek Scott (19 April 2018). Confronting the National in the Musical Past. Taylor & Francis. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-351-97557-5.
- ^ Leo Dribins (2002). Ebreji Latvijā. Elpa. p. 58. ISBN 978-9984-543-92-5.
- ^ a b c Josifs Šteimanis (1995). Latvijas ebreju vēsture. DPU Saule. p. 97. ISBN 978-9984-540-26-9.
- ^ JewishGen. The guide to Jewish materials stored in Latvian state historical archives (XVI c. – 1941)
- ^ a b c d Leo Dribins; Armands Gūtmanis; Marg̓ers Vestermanis (2001). Latvia's Jewish community: history, tragedy, revival. Publishers of the Institute of the History of Latvia. p. 35. ISBN 978-9984-601-64-9.
- ^ Leo Dribins; Armands Gūtmanis; Marger Vesterman (2001). Latvijas ebreju kopiena: vēsture, traģēdija, atdzimšana. LU Latvijas vēstures institūta apgāds. p. 35. ISBN 978-9984-601-16-8.
- ^ A. Drīzulis (1980). Rīga sociālisma laikmetā: 1917-1975. Zinātne. p. 97.
- ^ Bengt Jangfeldt (23 December 2014). Mayakovsky: A Biography. University of Chicago Press. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-0-226-05697-5.
- ^ Lili Brik; Vladimir Majakovskij (2016-06-22). L’amore è il cuore di tutte le cose. Neri Pozza Editore. p. 348. ISBN 978-88-545-1347-1.
- ^ Ray Esther Simons; Ray Alexander Simons (2004). All My Life and All My Strength. STE Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-919855-12-7.
- ^ Feminist Africa. African Gender Institute. 2005. p. 78.
- ^ J. Šteimans (2006). Ebreju intelektuāl̦i Latvijā. Latgales Kultūras centra izdevniecība. p. 66. ISBN 978-9984-29-124-6.