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VUSPP Almanac, Alukrainishe Assotziatzie Fun Proletarishe Schreiber – Yiddishe Sektzie [All-Ukrainian Association of Proletarian Writers – Jewish Section]. Kharkiv: Tzenterfarlag, 1929. Yiddish. Literary anthology published by the Jewish Section of the All-Ukrainian Association of Proletarian Writers, established in 1927. Includes works by 21 Jewish authors and poets, with accompanying woodcuts and linocuts by artists Ber/Boris Blank (1897-1957) and Moisei Fradkin (1904-1974) – both graduates of the same class of the Kharkiv Institute of Art. The VUSPP, the All-Ukrainian Association of Proletarian Writers, was established in Ukraine in 1927 with the stated objective of fighting bourgeoise nationalist literature and establishing a school of literary socialist realism in Ukraine. The organization's true goal was to fight the existing literary associations in which the Communist party identified dangerous nationalist and anti-proletarian tendencies. The VUSPP consisted of a Russian section and a Jewish one; under its watch, several literary journals dealing with implementing the political program, which was dictated by the party, were published – under strict aesthetic requirements. In 1932, the VUSPP was disbanded. During the Great Purges of 1937-1938, most of the organization's ex-members were arrested, banished to the Gulag or executed. 363, [3] pp., 22.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Inked stamps to several leaves. Pen notations to inside front board and front flyleaf. A piece of paper mounted to upper title page. Worming and some small tears. Strips of tape for reinforcement to inner front seam. Original card binding, with stains and minor worming; small tears to edges. The illustrated paper cover is missing.