| Der royter shtern | |
| Political: | Communist |
| Language: | Yiddish language |
| Ceased Publication: | 1923 |
| Headquarters: | Vitebsk |
| Circulation: | 4,000 |
Der royter shtern (Yiddish: דער רויטער שטערן, 'The Red Star') was a Yiddish-language newspaper published from the Soviet city of Vitebsk between 1920 and 1923.[1] [2] It was the organ of the Jewish Section of the Communist Party Committee of the Vitebsk Governorate.[1] The first issue was published on August 19, 1920. It was published as a daily newspaper for about a year, and then became a weekly. Between the 9th (April 1920) and 10th (March 1921) congresses of the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks), 268 issues of Der royter shtern were published. It had a circulation of around 4,000.[3]
At first it was edited by a collective. Later Leib Abram (former Bundist, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Bielorussia), became the editor of Der royter shtern, followed by M. Patasch.[4] [5]