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There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok

by Yaffa Elaich

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ISBN13: 9780316232395
ISBN10: 0316232394
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This monumental work--in which the creator of the Tower of Life at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum documents the 900-year history of an Eastern European shtetl destroyed by the Nazis in 1941--is a singularly magnificent re-creation of a vanished place, people, and culture. 430 photos.

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For 900 years the Polish shtetl was a home to generations of Jewish families. In 1944 almost every Jew was murdered and with them died a way of life that had survived for centuries. Yaffa Eliach has written a landmark history of the shtetl.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 753-772) and index.
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KIER8, February 19, 2009 (view all comments by KIER8)
If you ever visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., I'm sure you will remember the three-story Tower of Life exhibit. Now, thanks to Professor Yaffa Eliach, you can gain a greater understanding of what Jewish life was like in the small Eastern European town that is the focus of that exhibit. In the 818 pages of "There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok" Dr. Eliach provides us with a comprehensive, clear description of the town's: history, religious life, economy, family and community activities, cultural life, and final days. Fully illustrated, it includes notes, sources, glossary, and index.
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ISBN:
9780316232395
Subtitle:
A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok
Author:
Eliach, Yaffa
Author:
Eliach, Yaffa
Publisher:
Back Bay Books
Location:
Boston
Subject:
History
Subject:
Jewish
Subject:
Jews
Subject:
Europe - Eastern
Subject:
Eastern Europe
Subject:
Europe
Subject:
Soviet Union
Subject:
Eiésiéskçes
Subject:
Jewish - General
Subject:
Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Subject:
Eastern Europe - General
Subject:
Jews -- Lithuania -- Eiésiéskçes -- History.
Subject:
Eiésiéskçes (Lithuania) Ethnic relations.
Edition Description:
1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
38
Publication Date:
October 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
864
Dimensions:
9.88x7.50x1.48 in. 2.96 lbs.
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