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Elias Laub founded the print shop E. Laub Publishing in New York in 1939. He occasionally published Yiddish books, including the work of Angelica Balabanoff and Sholem Ash.

Laub had previously been the owner of the E. Laub'schen Verlagsbuchhandlung from 1920-1924. He was active in socialist circles and published the work of Rosa Luxemburg. With his family, he immigrated to Antwerp in 1924 and to New York in 1939.

Resources

Fischer, Ernst. Verleger, Buchhändler und Antiquare aus Deutschland und Oesterreich in der Emigration nach 1933. Stuttgart: Verband Deutscher Antiquare, 2011.

Hyman, Paula E., and Deborah Dash Moore, eds. Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 1998.

  • Location: New York
  • Period: after 1939-at least 1948
  • Publisher(s): Elias Laub (January 10, 1885 - October 1949, New York?)
  • Main Focus: Yiddish books
  • Author(s): Angelica Balabanoff
  • Number of Titles Published: unknown