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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Script Identification - Language? Needed

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Pogopossum
17 Apr 2018
07:32:02pm
This is not stamp related, but knowing the vast knowledge of the members I thought I would post this here. This is a portion of a letter that is part of a package of letters from my grandparents. I cannot even begin to identify, much less translate the script. The top line appears identifies a city near Lviv in the Ukraine. The rest appears to be written either right to left or as a mirror image.

Most of the other letters appear to be in German, Polish, or Hebrew, but in such small script it is very difficult to decipher. This one, however, completely stumps me.

Geoff

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nigelc
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17 Apr 2018
08:00:13pm
re: Script Identification - Language? Needed

It looks like Yiddish.

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Revstampman
20 Apr 2018
08:47:49am
re: Script Identification - Language? Needed

I agree Yiddish

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pigdoc
20 Apr 2018
08:50:27am
re: Script Identification - Language? Needed

Are there any Yiddish OCR programs?
Winking

-Paul

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ikeyPikey
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20 Apr 2018
07:41:30pm
re: Script Identification - Language? Needed

Yiddish OCR programs are called Yeshivot, and you can find them in certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Monsey NY, Lakewood NJ ...

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

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Pogopossum
20 Apr 2018
08:48:02pm
re: Script Identification - Language? Needed

Thanks all! It should have been obvious to me given my family background Happy

I'm no longer in the NYC area, I may have some resources here in Minnesota. I have some photos of my grandfather standing next to cemetery stones in Hebrew - somewhere in Europe. Given the picture I assume post-War, but not sure.

I love this site!

Geoff

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cdj1122
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22 Apr 2018
11:44:49pm
re: Script Identification - Language? Needed

I bet you can get a really great ruggelakh in those neighborhoods as well/

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