Index to the Deaths Found in the New Yorker Volks-Zeitung, 1878-1920

The New York Volks-Zeitung was a German-language daily (1878-1932), then a weekly (1932-1949) with a minor title change to Neue Volks-Zeitung. It was the voice of the local German socialists, centered then in the Lower East Side and in Yorkville. This Index contains c27,000 abstracted obituaries, death notices, reported deaths and other biographical material. Entries include the deaths of workers-mainly ethnic Germans (but not exclusively) from the Greater NY area, associates of the German labor community, and socialist militants from the entire U. S. and the world.