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Hebrew Gymnasium converted to Yiddish instruction
The gymnasium converted to Yiddish under Russian occupation in November 1939.
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... Shortly after the outbreak of World War II, in
November 1939, the gymnasium converted to Yiddish
under the Russian occupation, although most of the
teachers and students remained the same. During the
school year 1940-41, Russian became the language of
instruction. ...Connected nodes