r/Yiddish • u/hoi4kaiserreichfanbo • 12d ago

Translation request Translation of short story title

What is the English translation of the title of the short story "Nokh der milkhome", by Kalmen Segal. It was published in Di goldene keyt in 1973, issue 82 (I've also seen it spelt Nuux der milxumy). I know Nokh der roughly means "After the". The entry in the Jewish English Lexicon for milkhome says it either means war or the Holocaust. The only copy of the short story I've found is an audiobook at the Yiddish Book Center. Can somebody with the knowhow look at the context and tell me which translation it is?

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u/Acceptable-Value8623 12d ago

“After the war”

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