At 03:04 PM 8/28/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Ana and everybody--
>
>It seems to me that I read in van der Veer, R., & Valsiner, J. (1991).
>Understanding Vygotsky: A quest for synthesis that
>Vygotsky spoke German. However, he preferred to
>speak through his translator when he met German colleagues probably
>because he was embarrassed of his Russian accent. Besides he probably
>spoke Yiddish which is very similar to German.
>
>Eugene Matusov
>
>At 05:07 PM 8/28/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>Dear xmca-ers,
>>
>>Does anyone know (and can give appropriate resources) whether
>L.S.Vygotsky
>>spoke (and read and/or wrote) German?
>>A friend of mine, Dr. Robert J. Kleiner is writing a paper on the
>>relationship between Vygotsky and K. Lewin and we know so far that in
>Spring
>>1933 Lewin spent about 2 - 3 weeks in Moscow and stayed at Vygotsky's
>home,
>>where they had lively discussions (accompanied by Luria and others). We
>also
>>know that there are numerous references of German texts supplied to
>>Vygotsky's collected works (but mostly by the editors). So we think that
>he
>>indeed spoke German, but we are not sure.
>>Is there a way to know?
>>
>>Ana
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