Format:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0253011515
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0253011523
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9780253011510
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9780253011527
Content:
The story of how the Holocaust decimated Jewish life in the shtetls of Eastern Europe is well known. Still, thousands of Jews in these small towns survived the war and returned afterward to rebuild their communities. The recollections of some 400 returnees in Ukraine provide the basis for Jeffrey Veidlinger's reappraisal of the traditional narrative of 20th-century Jewish history. These elderly Yiddish speakers relate their memories of Jewish life in the prewar shtetl, their stories of survival during the Holocaust, and their experiences living as Jews under Communism. Despite Stalinist repres
Content:
The shtetl: a historical landscape -- The scars of revolution -- Social structure of the Soviet shtetl -- Growing up in Yiddish -- The sanctuary of the synagogue -- Religion of the home: food and faith -- Life and death in Reichkommissariat Ukraine -- Life beyond the river: Transnistria -- A kind of victory -- Conclusion
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Veidlinger, Jeffrey, 1971- In the shadow of the shtetl
Language:
English
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