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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460875703321

Autore

Muzychenko Volodymyr

Titolo

Jewish Ludmir : the history and tragedy of the Jewish community of Volodymyr-Volynsky : a regional history / / Volodymyr Muzychenko, Antony Polonsky, Marta D. Olynyk ; cover design by Ivan Grave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61811-413-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

Jews of Poland

Disciplina

947.71004924

Soggetti

Jews - Ukraine - Volodymyr-Volyns'ky - History

Electronic books.

Volodymyr-Volyns'kyĭ (Ukraine) Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- How the English Edition Happened / Budner, Harvey -- Introduction / Polonsky, Antony -- Antony Polonsky -- Foreword -- The History of the Jews of Volodymyr-Volynsky -- The Tragedy of the Jews of Volodymyr-Volynsky -- The Catastrophe That Befell the Jews of Volodymyr-Volynsky District -- Righteous among the Nations -- Jewish Natives of the Volodymyr-Volynsky Area Abroad -- Memorial in the Village of Piatydni -- Safeguarding Memory -- Prominent Jews Born in Volodymyr-Volynsky -- Addenda -- Glossary of Terms -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a brief history of the Jewish community of Volodymyr-Volynsky, going back to its first historical mentions. It explores Jewish settlement in the city, the kahal, and the role of the community in the Va'ad Arba Aratsot, and profiles several important historical figures, including Shelomoh of Karlin and Khane-Rokhl Werbermacher (the Maiden of Ludmir). It also considers the city's synagogues and Jewish cemetery, and explores the twentieth-century history of the community, especially during the Holocaust. Drawing on survivor eyewitness testimonies, the author pays tribute to the town's Righteous



among the Nations and describes efforts to preserve the memory of its Jewish community, including the creation of the Piatydni memorial, and lists prominent Jews born in Volodymyr-Volynsky and natives of the city living abroad. This book will be of interest to historians of the Jewish communities and the Holocaust in Ukraine, as well as to the general reader